Star.
London, England, 1802-10-19 00:00:00

AMERICA.

PuttAort.enlA, 7.---Yefterday, (the Sab-
. bath !) the Vice Prefident, and feveral other dill'
tinguilhed perfonages, dined on board the French
Irigate la Romaine, the Commodore's (hip. On
this occption, the three frigates (la Romaine, la
Volentaire, and la Confolante) were in full drefs;'
the flags of the different nations were all difplayed,
which, from the wind being prong from the North.
ezbitsized the molt beautiful fcene of thel
kind we ever witneiTed. Appropriate difcharges
cannon were fired, and the day, no doubt, was
Bent with that harmony and politenefi which is
the charaderiftic of the French nation.
SAVANNAH, AUGUST to.—An event took place
this morning, which terminated in the death_of
V.M. HUNTER, Efq. Mho fell is a duel with Mr.
l).vio MITCHELL. The difpute had its origin in
lidy hilt, in the County Court, to the Jury of
which Mr. HuNrait was Foreman, in a cause in
which MITCHELL was Counfel. During the trial
t appearing to Mr. HUNTER that the examination
of the evidence was not concluded by the Counfel
with that impartiality which juftice required, he
addreffed a few words to the Court, when Mir.
CHILL got up and obfereed, that Mr. H. was very
officious on the occafion. Mr. H. replied, that of-
ficioufnefs of jurymen was not to be compared with
the impertinence of certain Attornies. There the
matter retest until laft Monday, when Marc HILL
attacked Mr. Hvitrall in the ftreet with a large
bludgeon. Mr. H. having nothing to defenOins-
self with, after receiving four blows, attempting
Luducpersfully at the fame time to feize Mt rem sta.
by the collar, he fail, "Mr. MITCHELL, lam un-
armed ; I mull retreat unlefs you lay afide your
weapon." Mr. H. then retreated to Dr. Km.-
es (hop for a cane—there was none there.—.
By this time, Tome Citizens interfered, and they
left the ground. The fame evening Mr. Hun rat
fent MITCHRLL a challenge, who, after much equi-
vocation, accepted it.. Dr. Kots.ora was Mr. H.'s
Second. Major B. Mazy etc was Second to Mir-
cm I t.t. Mr. H. fired firft and hit MITCHELL on
the hip. Mirentitt. miffed My. H. Mr. H.'s re-
cond ball hit Mt rc HELL on the groin, alfo without
pcnetrating the (kin; but Mr. ,fly area received
MI rcn eta. s fecond ball in his right breaft. Mr.
Hum rut immediately turned, and exclaimed,—
ow Irdeed owe;" and as Donors GLenn and
Lati.ocz caught him in their arms, he aflted fpr
a Oaf; of tiring, and expired.
HlALirs Orrice, Philadelphia, Sept. 6.
Phyficians report the following perfons ill with
st4lignant fever—Two women in Vine between Se-
cond and Front flreets; a man in Shippen between
Front and Second-ftreets ; a woman in Mifflin's-
alley, near Sonth-ftreet wbarf; a woman in Lom-
bard near Frnnt-ftreet; a man in Water near Chef-
npt-ftreet. Arociation of the Northern Liberties
report no new cafe of fever.
Hearts Omen *Wilariaston Del. Sept. I.
Whereas chilißoard hails recervelinformation
that the contagion or infellious difeafe, now pre-
'Silent in the city of Philadelphia, has dinned a
more alarming aped'
i and whereas tome cafes of
have
a malignant difeafe ve appeared in this Borough,
which there is' reafon to believe have been intro-
dnced from that city—
Iteililvedb That the RAfilistins debit Bardoidtkodirs the
Preeiesedea of the Illegeffee and 414 gaits sidle ilkik. be
rstrelatbal, and dot fade qt the reitrradonedep se re.
letre to the City at he mad emetpaie Is tall fame
2,41 eine&
The city of New York hoed: an exemption from
this calamity, and contends, that any apparent
kit-reale in its obituary beyond the ulna' propor-
tion, is to be imputed to.the arrival of the French
fquadron, irhich landed 162 fick. chiefly of die
dyfentery, at the Marine Hofpital, of whom 11
had died. The city of New York, it.will be re.
colleited, has been long accufed of exaggerating
its own happinefe jn this refpe&, aad the calami-
ties o‘ its rivals, Philadelphia particularly, with
a Reif fib view to the advancement of its own coin-
fierce. It is certain, however, that the difeafe
has arifen to an ells-ming height at PhiladelPhin,
a; a great part of the inhabitants had fled; the
Cullom-houfe was removed, and meetings were
held to confider of transferring the liven' Banks
to fume othkr place.- The accounts from the Weft
Indies, publifhe4 n the American papers, are in
general vague and unfatisfadory, little regard
being paid•tO date, and the report of Tome Cap-
tain or pallinger of a (trip their only ground of
authenticity. So 4r, however, as the authority
of there papers is to be regarded, and they come
• down to the Loth of September, they confirm,
as we slated yellerilay, that Bow APART' is fick
or his tranfatlantiF glories, and that the Weftern
hemifphere does not fupply the bell fuel for his
ambition.

The blacks continue very obainate at Guada-
lcupe, where the long expelled reinforcements
had not arrived. Accounts from St. Thomas Rate
that the French ifiands to be given up, would not
be taken polieilion of previous to the tit Ottober,
as the French had not a full dent number of troops
t;+ take complete -charge of them. The French
fquadron, which mighte fuPpofed to be employed
,n effelling thefe changes, was at New York fo
late as the 9th SepteMber, all at anchor within two
Oiles of the city, where they were to take in pro-
iifions with all expedition, being in expetlaticn of
immediate orders to fail, but their deitination was
net mentioned. The Dutch appear to have been
snore alive to their Weft India intergßs. The mat-
ter of a ve(fel reports that Surinam, and all the
other parts rearmed to the Dutch, had been
evacuated by the Englillt forces, which had arriv-
ed at St. Vincent's, the Dutch having taken. com-
plete poiteffion of all there Rations. The peace of
Amiens has infpired America with great jealoufy
.)f France. Mr. Wisp*, os's feeches, reprefent-
ing the danger to America froM the cefiion of
Loui liana, &c. have been eagerly read and diligent-
ly circulated through the "ram continent. In
this fpirit we find a variety of paragraphs, but
gatich are too 'contemptible or local for particle-
fpcaing the French fquadron at New
papers alto' acknowledge the receipt
papers from Pun Repalicain in St.
so the s a of Argun. The only ar• ,

title which 4ter eolvfider weeds mention fi a pro-
clamation of Gears' Luc ma. of tht#th July,
impales a contribution of 13,000,000 Trench
franks *wigs* for the tire of the army, ;won
the inhabitants of that iOand ; landed proprietors'
low a Ow rate of one-Ofth of the yearly value
of their property, and houfes of public accommo-
dation One hail The arbitrary terms in which
payment is to be enforced afford unanfwerAble
proof of the mifery of the people. The average
prices of American Rock for the week ending the
7th September, were-
-8 per Cents, intereft of - =r4
6 per Casts. ditto - • sox
Navy ditto - 103
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FRANCE.

PRIVATE LETTER-PARIS. OCT. 314.

BONAPARTI is constantly employed in diger-
ting plans of gigantic meafures, if 1 may ufe the
expreffion ; a hint is fufficient to fet him to work,
efpecially promifes to redound to tie glory or
intereß of the French Nation. At firft he receives
hints of this nature with a kind of affe6ted
indif-
Terence; if he finds any of them predicable, how.
tier, it is Pure to meet with all the attention in
his power. He has one great plan in view at pre-
feat, nay it has been in contemplation for fome
time paft:but it is condated with the greaten pof-
fible feerecy. From the firft moment he appears
to have laid down a certain fyltem, a portion of
which every day developer. Part of this fyftem
was to render Spain fubfervient to France in the
article of Finance ; he now propofes to divide the
gold trade of the New' World with Spain, in fuch
a manner as to lull all furpicions of invading that
monopoly ; he has propofed a partnerfirip with
Spain in the banking line. One Bank is to be
eftablithed at Paris, another at Madrid, and a
third at Peru, and all under the guarantee or firm
of the two Nations. By this met= BONAPARTS
will be enabled to import bullion immediately froth
South America, without paean; through Old
Spain. M. Manzi, a very intelligent' Spaniard; is
appointed on the part of his Court to atffift in the
arrangement of this meafure, which is now faid to
be in fuch a Rate of forwarclnefs, that, in all pro. I
bability, it "will beimade public in a &oft time."

LONDON.

TUUDAY, OCTOBER it.

P,RiCE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK s
3 per Cont. Confab 66f i—Ditto, for time, OW.
New 5 per Ceat. er. div.—lfong Ass. 01.—
Opsnitun toi*

The intelligence of a complete change in the
Cabinet of St. Peteriburgb, which we communi-
cated to the Public yefterdiy, has diffufed a gene-
ral fatisfaition, and has even infpired a hope in
many that it will lead to Come Ohm of e*cacious
refiftance to the encroachments of France, without
the neeeffity of ai renew►al of hoitilidet. We hope
that the Emperor Aiszawasa, whofe good inten-
tions all men applaud, will now attach Malta ro
the fyftem by which, alone Europe an be pre-
ferred. That fyflern is a determined refifiance to
the eztenfton of France. Thole bale compromifes,
by which for a paltry job gained, feveral great
Powers have concurred in France obtaining im.
menfe aggrandizement, Ihould be abandoned.
They ought not to have allowed themfelves to be
fo corrupted. Above all others Raffia, a country
for which France can do fo little, either for ag-
grandizement or protedion, mould never be de.
graded to the level of a fecondary State, like Pruffia,
to move as a fatellite about the luminary ma which
it depends. Rua Otould at a higher part.

Since this change has taken place, and as the
principal men at the bead of affairs are hoSile to
the oniverfol Empire of France, we may hope that
Ruffia will feriouily interfere in favour of the
Kinu of &lap. txra—and, from a defire of pre-
ferving the independence of Europe, in favour of
Switzerland. The annexation of Piedmont to
France, we cannot help confidering as a perfonal
lank to that Sovereign who h'acl patronifed the

'Ciao of SARDINIA, as well as an ;auk to the

Rupan Empire. The prote&ion of that'Empire
was entitled to weight -but both At.ezzsosa I.
and his Minifters mull fee how BOWAtARTII yet at
nought their interference. This Mould be care-
fully impreffed on the Els:slog or Rt/SIIIA.
Every day's accounts usuft remind' our readers
of the neceffity, which we &flirted from the firft,
of retaining the Nand of Malta, We repeat our
former expreffions, that nothing but that circurn-
(lance can prevent the French •from becoming
Miners of Egypt. We appeal to the unbialfed
opinion of every military man:
It was our private opinion that BONAPARTA
would not have realized any of his plans until he
had wheedled us from Malta. But the impatience

and impetuofity of his chara4e; do not fu'er him
to veil his projefts.
• All parties Teem to unite in the recetEty of check-
ing the career of the French. We take fire at their
conduit towards Switzerland. 'This is well, 'But
were ,their encroachments left vifible in the cafe of
Elba, Tiouifiana, Brafil, Picilroont, ace. &c. Sec.?,
We again affure the public, that if Minittry aban-
don Malta, they abandon the Ora intereils of this
country, and deferve the iaveaives of a violent,
but fometimes unanfwerable' Weekly Politician,
whom we feel no private difpofition to praife, but
whofa arguments ought tti alarm his countrymen.
4 is now, IsowsYsr, FirtT genera* beilic74•

that fa confequence of the !mown intrigues and'
prepare** of France is the Mediterranean, and
the Apo:Arms pretenfrons of the French Govern.:
mentavery where, Minifters will not give up Mal.
ta. We 'with it could be retained. We think that
its being retained would be justifiable, in conic-
quence of the new hoftile mind, and new hoftile
ads,, of France. We are not fure, however, that
we should be able to obtain it without a war—and
war brings fuch a train of evils that it. ught not to
be reforted to till every other mean has been tried
for eftablifhing fuch a balance of power as may
fecure the independence of Etsrope.
Every one at all acquainted with the hiftory of
the world knows that one of the heft means to pre-
vent war is to be prepared for it. Our Readers
will therefore be glad to hear that fornething like
a preparation on our part has begun to manifeft
itfelf. Our letters from Portfmouth, by the mail
of this morning, inform us, that on Strnliy morn-
ing an order was received there to get ready for
fea immediately the A rot. co and la Lot a a frigates ;
in confequence of which a great many fhipwrights
were inftantly ordered on board. Two line of
battle (hips have alto been ordered with all pot Able
expedition to take in there provisions and acmes for
the Mediterranean Ration ; and the renters of
Southfea Common have had notice given them,
that, !fa Ca* if &meal eletelsey, they are to gait poi:
filen ett a weeks notice

On the whole, we doubt not, that if Bow.-
PARTS'S unbounded ambition fhould force his Ma-
lIIITT to a renewal of hoftilities, he will find this
country fully prepared to repel any unjuft aggref-
fion, and afert Aer pre-eminence among furround-
ing Nations.
• We cannot at the prefent cribs refrain from cal-
ling on Minifters to revile tome late proceedings
at the Dock-yards, as it is not perhaps too late to
remedy the evil, and to avert the confequences
which may refultfrom them, if we be unavoidably
hurried into hoftilities by the prefent Rate of poli tics
on the Continent. ft has? we believe, been an inva-
riable praftice, on reducing the number of work-
men at the end of a war, to turn out theloweft
upon the lift, unlefs where mitcondua made any of
the older ones deferve a ditmitral. For this method
of proceeding there were mayy good reafons. The
old hands were bell acquainted with the routine
of duty—and it teemed but reafonable that thofe
who had (pent the prime of their life in the fer-
vice, fhould not be turned out to beggary in their
old age. But at the late reduCtion of hands the
former praitice was revorfed—the hands difmilled
were taken from the top of the lift, and many
were turned adrift who had been in the yards from
:thirty to fifty years !
Is this the way that Britain fhould reward her
old fervants ? No ; nor' is it the way in whicj his
MitiliTY or his Minift.en would will to fee them
rewarded. There muff have been tome miftake,
tome unintentional overfight in the bufinefs, and
we are cure it needs only to be (tilted to meet with
a Tpipedy.
An evening Paper of yefterday, under the date
of Calais, gives the following article :
" I have the honour to inform you, that the Frit Cooful fet
out from Paris* troth of Vendesuiaire, (Oftober is), to go to
Rouen, Havre, !Boulogne, Calais, Dunkirk, Ike. Such is the
report of the day. We ezPeet him here the beghining of next
week. What I can afore you is, that M. Mengaud, Comudf-
fary Deoeral, has fet out today to meet Aim"
We are hardly inclined to credit the ftatement,
but fhould it prove 'corieet; we fhould have little
cloak of the °Ned intended—namel7 preparations
—fecretly perhaps—for hoftilities ! •or to bully at
leaft, if his pref.cnt projesfts be oppofed by this
country.
.• .

la'r notice, ref'
York. Thefe
of I mats of
Pudziniut uP