Star.
London, England, 1801-03-03 00:00:00

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Having taken feveral opportunities of la%
bdore our tenders ti.mtle important extra ts frcrn
the Reports of the Coinmittce on the cn.il trade,
we arc perinad,..,! they will be gratiaed by a fey.-
Ihort ettraas front two pamphlets pithliflied by
Dr. I\ lacv An, contaiaing Much n:atter ea
this molt inzl:relling 1111.'0.
We can iaily Rate the general fcope of the An-
thor's pardons relpefting the confequences like y
to refult from the London market fe.:Mng a fitp.
I y of coals from the inland counties, inilead of
:he north a:: heretoforet—Sorr.^ of the enal works
in' the North might be 101 l to the public finy
ever, as they are now 001? maintained he thole
which produce the belt coals entering iron concert
with the others to injure the fale of a c.a
quantity from each of their works, Avitli:mt which
concert the market eventually would find itch' in
want of a fupply. If any of dime works w,:re
once loft by a change of the preltnt fyttcm. it
would be inipollible to induce eapitalifis to ha-
zard their fortunes a fecond time in attempting
to recover them.—There is abundance of coal
in the dowels of the earth, in the inland counties, but
a want of hands tawork them without producing
one of two evils : either hands mutt be taken from
the iron and copper mines, to the ruin of there
Ihurces of national wealth ; or hands mull be en-
ticed from other coal works, in which cafe, the
quantity of coals at market is not increafed, but
only the place of finding them changed.—ln win-
ter, London is fometimes ill fupplied with coals,
owing to wind and weather preoenting the regu-
lar arrival of the veffels from Newcaille, and the
neighbourhood ; but if a change of fyltem untold
put an end to that trade, or materially abridge
it, London would often, in winter, le abogeth.er
without fuel; for in times of linfi die canals by
which only a fupply front the interior could 'he
obtained, would frequently not be navigable for
weeks together.---A change of lyfiem would alfo
reduce the number of our feamen.

There arc briefly the leading but not the only
arguments adduced by the Dalor, as powerful
motives for caution and deliberation, in admitting
coals from the interior to the London market.
They are followed up by a number of valuable re-
marks applicable to the qucftion, and conneaed
with the political (economy of the country. The
following is an extra& :
A gen:rat prejudice feems to have exifted, with
few esc:ptions, in ancient and modern times,
again( the art of mining, equally inimical to the
fcience of natural hiftory, and to the different
branches of manufaaures, dependent more imme-
diately on the ufe of metals and minerals. A
geld or-filver mine, it is true, have had their at-
traftions, but fyftematic mining, governed by prin.
diples of found policy for the benefit of hates, and
the comfort and wealth of nations, has been too
little attended to, and Rill lefs onderfood. Even
in thole parts on the Continent, where the art of
mining is taught by men of learning and fcience,
the estenfion of mining for the general benefit of
the community, is fettered and clogged by adverfe
political fyftems. The commercial fyftem of
Great Britain has been more favourable to the
'interells of mining, fo far as it goes, than any fyf-
tem in any country in Europe. Yet it is too fingu- 1
lag a fia to be pallid over in filence here, that in
no part of Europe has the/dear of mixing been fo
little attended to. Portugal, Poland, a.td the
United States excepted, than in this country. The
art of otiffiNg for copper, tin, and coal, has been
brought by the intiruaive power of experience,to
great perfeaion ; yet in fome branches of prepar-
ing the copper ores, we are furpaffed by foreign-
ers. The art of mining for many of the femi me-
tals is not known in this country. A vein of co-
balt was a fhert time ago difeovered in Cornwall,
and was abandoned in confequence of the igno-
rance of our miners.

The enquiries of the copper and coal commit-
tees will be followed by the molt beneficial conk-
quences. The importance and value of mining
to the firfi intereft of this country have thereby
been fully eitabliihed ; and that being the cal-,
it is natural to expeft the ersconomy.ormining wiil
be made an (Ned of the firft confederation. Hi-
therto, they have not been fo either in antient or
modern times. " Had the kings of Egypt (lays
Lord Bacon ), bc ft owed as great pains and expence
in diggin; holes into the bowels of the earth, as
they did in railing Rupenduous pyramids on its
furface, they would have rendered greater fervice
to mankind, and acquired to thetufelves more jut
and more lading fame."
The neceflities of mankind give 'cabins which
philocephy too frequently overlooks, and which
faihion and prejudice will not take. If fuel can-
not IL.: l.id en the lsrfare, it mull be obtained from
the i.s eI. of r/...-arih. The evidence you have in
the Copper rport,.of many and lot mid:tide at-
tempts made in Germany, France, Italy, Ruffia,
and otherwnintries, to rival Great Britain in ma-
nufaftures, is of the bit importance. It ellablifhes
a general laft jage/5.6 ham:/ling and alarming,name-
IT, th.ie al: filmset 11)09M:tit renonamy is better
sinde.l7,sl, asd lie arts .f wining and onaniffiii;ures beer
ire r:, .14 are new, wore ewe-five in Grew Britain them
in lacy tad of Europe, yet air fir o:her nations have ac-
tus fly &come oar rivals in thy? tantnifaarres,elteniirnt
on WI .7hJadant sfe of fad. Fortunately for Great Bri-
tain, the fcarcity uF fncl firms a great °Made to
the . 7C.ve elletlillernt of manniaftures in thofe
()itr riv.f.; are aware of the diiliculty,
and will doubtlefs endeavour to furmnunt it.—
I ilia% litre quote tile abfervatioars of a French
author of cotifiderabie celebrity on this fithjeift
city of Paris life, great quantities of de-
,ritticat,Nl coal, trliich arc prepared at Mou-
lin; in ;:ourbniitioi.., at St. Etienne in Forel', tr.:.
and which arc tranfported by water upon the
the Catial de Criare, and the
S: 'r... admirabk means of preferring our
'we:it au,' valuable fia Os, is much more effeftual
than a finial:and of tliiife laws and regulations,
which are repeatedly made, but which tend only
to their thitruftion.

The Coy of Lyons has likesiife an.eaclulive
elLiblifhnuut of this kind fituata near the point

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.'11.11;:ttc 1,1 i,11,1 •• 'teal in coo.
\..orks of -But thanks to :'re
verimait, ;1;-,:1 to C c4tc:ptiliug com-
pany, an iron v.-a:: '.?A::it-,11 rival the beii
P. ors AL ;:11'...1 even thole 'fif the
ingenious Wilkin4'on, is e d at Crettzot,
near Monteertis, in reugtintly ; though the place
in which it is err led, was origin:thy Ilerile
fclitarv, it is now covered with habitations. The
fittiation of France retakes me inlift with more
earndlnefs on the nume:otts and incalculable al-
vantages, which this Millil mineral preterits to
mankind. A country like France, fo extenfive,
with population ft numerous, mull when its fa.
reds are elrftoned,reibrt au al:other kind of fuel.
1%411-nately th:s vail country poll'effes innu-
merable mines of rural, the greater part of which
have not yet been opened, and the line rivers
ietcrfeet our um it any afford every facility
for Cie tOrmation of canals. It is full time that
we !bottle. turn our at tentien to this efficacious re-
!source. To individuals it would give coniftirt and
happinefs, and to the government it would prove
an inexhauffi.le fource of profperity and power."
Thus, Sir, it appears our rivals have a full con-
viClion of the neceffity of abundance of coal as a
necelfary of life and an inftrumUlt in ni.litufac-
tures. To counteracct, upon fair and film princi-
pies, the eflablithment of mines and manufac-
tures on :he Continent is•an 'Neel of the fill
magnitude. It is true, matily virtue, the calm
lights of mild philoforhy, and the amiable influ-
ences of purl and undefiled religion, infpire the
cultivated mind with fentiments of. extenfive be-
nevolence. That the faint, the ravage, or the
cage,, of whatever country or nation, may not
enjoy the neceffaries and comforts of life in abun-
dance, is a fentiment unworthy of thc a,; :e cue lime in.
Goo and Nature declare atty. flail. The particular
mode of obtaining them reds with man • but fo
provident is the Great Firft Cattle, that ;he ope-
rations of caprice, prejudice, anti indolence, are
over-ruled by the pervading and powerful priaci.
plc of fell prefersauon. 27:at the nation: of Est-
retell:mid and will have dendattce of furl is evid.rt,
and that they, will endeavour, according to th.-ir reftedive
fruatiotte, ?Motu, and powers, to be indlendent of
each other, and of Great Britain, for fihtlim of fuel
and tnauufadured goods, is a eirmegance on their part
equally natural, js,l,and ultimately prelatic.
It will he incumbent on us, on the other hand,
pregnant as our little Wand is with a fuperabun-
dance of mineral wealth--enriched with mere pro-
dative mines than all Europe befides--flored with
almoft every manufaaure which the head can in-
vent, and the hand execute ; and. invigorated by
a commercial fyidem which has embraced a wide
extent of market, and. given to us the beneficial
tendencies of abbreviation and divifion of labour,
which no nation in the weed enjoys ; under filch
circumflances, felf-prefervation, laudable ambi-
tion, and the love of our country, call impetiouny
upon us to ufe every poffible exertion to maintain
our well-earned luperioritg in mining and in mattufac.
tura—a fupertority which has long been the ad-
miration of foreigners, and which has, for fame
time pall, Ice:me an oljed of deep-rooted envy to fume
of tie odi:iria,g maims around us. Profefilng an at-
tachment to good government—placing our pro-
feffions on the fad bafis of virtue and indepen-
dence, and reading as we do, in every page of the
great volume of the hiflory of erviiized nations,
the maxim verified with regard miters, which has
been admitted unexceptionably when applied to
individuals, that hcnetly and moderation is the
belt policy, let us detefl all fyiletns which might
lead us to deal damnation round the lands either e
fitvage frau or civilized nitwit:. Peace and good-
will amongft men is the grand and glorious circa.
lating medium of human happtnefs. Their
enliving influences arc as neeetfary in the mo-
ral, as the cheering rays of the fun are to the raft
chain of varied exifience in the natural world.
The line of demarcation between juftice and in-
juttice, is not more ttrongly drawn by the ,finger
of GOD on the human -heart, than the genuine
principles of found policy have been unfolded to
us in the volume of the hiftory of nations. Nor is
the all-pow-mild law of fell-prefervation more per-
vading than the irrefittible principles of national
independence. Our acquirements in arts and ma•
nufaelures are necefiary to the health and exyence of
the hdy politic. Finding foreign rcfcntments have
given exiftence to fyflems and combinations, di-
rated againft our independence, we are called up-
on to counteraa their operation, not by adopting
the narrow-policy which leads to the dell action of
our enemies, but a rational and invigorating qr.
tern of our own amelioration and progreftive im-
provement. Punfuing and perfevering in fuch a
line of found and alive policy, ['mated as this
country is, how weak, prejudiced, and degraded
mutt ti it mind be, which dreads the operation of
any fyitern of combination, however formidable
in its nature, or refentful in its principle.
_ •

But fhould the benefits of improved policy be
fportcd with—fltould the relative fituations of the
Englalt mechanic, miner, and manufacturer, with
thrr: of foreigners, he difregarded—and fhould the
ingenuity and indo tit y ofthe Englifh artitt and la-
hourer be clogged and fettered by the iQ direani
OCCllM:ilai:'•3 of natio, JI bunko:: • in !itch a fituation,
ohflinataly pervcrfe muff the mind of that ratan
be, who acill not allow that we mutt form f.rfeit
our cry.? rarnd forriority in mines amf nrany.f.arr,7,
and, with oar urui2nal coiji.quence and inAjorlidence.
• Slocr Poe commencemcniof,the revolution not one bust-
el.if purdit c' 1'1.4 been brou,r4t to Park. The tn.:a
•alr fined fordta daiy reduced to tither. The rßahlitha
'mu.* of Mot:hue,: !.., and Rive de hairs dif3PPoar-
ed, awl the worthy tot it who ceded the foundery of Creusot,
have a*lstoll al boon cordenund to molAco the earth with
it b:ood.

CONCIaTT T,Estom jutes.—Mr. Coswric, of
Temple-Bar, hiring been given to underftand that
fome utlicr Add has been fold for Concrete Lemon
Juice, flick it imcciriry to übferve, that he is per-
mitted to refer to the higheft Authorities in this
king.lum for the purity of that prepared by him-
kir; and he trufts that the precaution of figning
every pitcLigc with his name and in his own hand
writing, will aford fuffici.an fecurity againft im-
polition, to thole who Mail be defirous to make
ufc of this counties* and elegant preparatiou.

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616
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LCNDON PT, REET.S.

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W;:er. tine tintit;e•. i!! cov,i:itm pr;,,
ief,r:hr suns lave a vets
r..C.;:r a large fupply, eild the fait.r
and fir.c, have iu prier lt
runain pretty Ready is price.
CURRENT PRICr. or CR.kIN.

____ .....
Wheat xt.cm to :vs cd Ile:!ers 9 . to 10,1
. cd
Fine 136 s to .t 7cs od theolht L. s, !ti, I c:5 c‘i
Very Fine z7:s to t7Bs od Pori Profe 21:ls to co, od
Rye yo. to to! sod 111 re Benue 7,.-..s to :0, od
Stained 3arley 601 to 7::* ed 'raw 6,'s ~, - •
Mahingliarley ;os to Ms .2sl O'd ors to c.-71 cl
Malt 6cs to yos od o.lts d': s to 441 at
Fine Its to Ms od Fide 4:. to Of, :a
Hog Peafe 7os to 7is od Polands
4 t° ,ZS cd
aIiTURN OF Whil:AT hi MARK-l.4';i .
Including only from the alb of Fshstmey to ti, :its of Fe.,
includes:, a, reeal.lo to the New ,;.Is.

27 %arras 2 sad 6) (b2,ucrs 146. of
263 168 s 04. 901 245 cd
47 —164 s 215 ---- od.
79 1634 04 .338 1435
oS
56 -----362 s cal 274 --- 1422 Od
91 2617 od 2330 ---- 2401 cd
le6 i(os od --- 2384 ad
237 ----- 158$ od 1:to /37s od
128 1564 04 174 ----- 1367 od
1551 04 172 ------ 1.44*
zsas od 6o ---- '25
153$ 04 So -----
Isla cd • 147 -- 3204 c 4
tsoi od so -- /2" 04
149$ 04 225 1224 04
436 1484 od 17 ---- 135 od
279 1472 od 42 --- 100$ cat
Total-11,715 Quarters. Average I tts.
4s. od. h.gher thy) hft -etnrn.

ENTRY of CORN in tic PORT of LONI>ON Burin; left
wuck.—Wheat, 6450 y, 920 qrs.--Oals. 233* qrs.
;70 qrs.--Rye, 26:.qr..—Clover Seed. 87: cwt.
Bcans.2oo qrs.—Flour 2200 esvt.—Nluttard Scud, 200 cwt.
Indian Wheat 14(.4; cwt.—lndian Corn (barrels) ;800 art.
PRICE OE FLOUR this hfurning.
Floe,' ;:tos. to 1405.--Bran, r3s. to 142.
Average price of Corn in England and Walcs, from the Re.
turns ending the *At of February, aor.
. . _

Wittat. 'Rye. Buky. I oats.
6. d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
146 8 MI 1 84 0 45 6
PRICE OF HOPS.

Buns. Pcaf
s. d. s. d.
8x 8 840

Kent 231 101 10 141 141 ./ Ktilt 131 oos to t6l el? ;
Suffe: 1310011 to 141 o 4 z Safes 121121 10131131 C "...1
Fifer 12111.111 to 131 ros Fan. 121 004 torsi is) 4
The average Price of Sugar, computed from the Returns
made in the week ending the 25th day of February, 1801, is
82s. 114. per hundred weight.
SLEDS PLR HUNDRED WEIGHT, March a.
Red Clover 201 to 24711
Whitt ditto sos to 1404 Fe.r cwt.
Trefoil 20$ to 53s
Turnip - 2Gs to 42$ per bushelßye Grafs 30. to 56s per quarter
Cinquefoil 751 to sgs per ditto
White aos to 15s per WSW
Brown 12/ to 161 per ditto
Canary Seed as. to ros per ditto
Rape Seed 4EI to 521 per lA.
SMITHFIELD, March a.
To fink the offal--per Roos of Sib.
Beef 4. 4d to 61 6d Veal - 6s od to ys 641
Mutton -ss 6d to 711 od York - 64 4d to ys a
Stock at Market this morning, Bealle typo, sheep, poo.

Mulford-
Seed

NEWGATE and LEALii.NIiAI.I%, Marti 3:
Per (tone of Slb. by the earce.

Bed
Mutton

48 od to sit, 6d Veal Ss Od 10 71 01
ca 4d to 6s 44 Pork 6s 4d to 76 .44
PRICE OF TALLOW IN LONbON.

St. James's market os 8d Town Tallow 78$ od to OS
Clam market 4s 7d It ulTta ditto c.a.) 76s od to 7h
Whitcchapcl market 06d Ruff% ditto foap) 74$ tons
(per dune of M.) White Candle Ruffs& 75s to os
Melting Stuff 626 6d tprs
13$ 9i4 Ditto Rough 418 od to os
4$ 7d Graves - z6sod to o
Good Dregs z3s to cs
Ytllow Soap, es. to 865.-4slottled, 90—Curd, 981.
PRICE OF HAY AND I'i w.

Avcrage Price

Borough. St. James's. U'Uttcelsapel.
o.Hays otosty I .3 soto 6 to 0 4 10 oto 6 6 •
Straw azoto 2 14 I '2 oto 3 3 o 2 10 oto 3 0 0
Clover 6oto 6 to 6 to oto 7 7 •
COALS—State of Lau Weeks Market.
Cargoes Sold.
Monday, Feb. 23, 21 at 3µ od. t• ars. 6d.
Wednefday, IS. at SS r• od. to 4 ts. 9d.
Friday, * at 3ts. 6d. to acs. 6d.
Freda. , in Haddington market, wheat advanced
a little, but all °per grain declined.