Star.
London, England, 1805-06-06 00:00:00

PAM *CWT.
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The Report of the Prise Agency Bai was brought
up, and feveral amendments, introduced by Sir W.
Scott, were agreed to.
Mr. JOHNSTONE adverted to the charge brought
before the Honfe Ana former occa fion by Aden int I Cocb-
rane againft the King's Proaor, alledgiog that he per-
mitted bispartner, in many cafes, to aa for the adverfe
party ; and animadverted in prong terms upon fuch
a prat:bee, particularly in an officer who, according
to the fiatement of the Hon. Mover of this Bill, re-
ceived not lets than 13,mA. a year net profit from
his bufinefs. The Hon. Gentleman remarked that
when the charge of grofs malverfation which he al-
luded to was made, the Learned Gentleman (Sir
William Scott), did nut contradia it. He concluded
with moving a claufe, that any Proaor who Mall allow
his partner to take the adverfe fide, or who [hall
realy or iodirealy receive any part of the profits from
the Proaor on the other fide, or any other perfon,
fitall, upon conviaion thereof, be utterly excluded
from the proration, and any place whatever he may
hold in the Admiralty or Vice-Admiralty cottrts.--.-
And alfo that for every fuch offence the offal*
mall forfeit soo) to be recovered on information, &c.
Sir W. SCOTT did opt fee the neceffity for this
clank, as the praaice it referred to was already pro-
nounced illegal and was punillsable on deteaion. He
had no objeaion, however, to its import, and there-
fore timid not oppofe it.
The claufe was adopted, the Bill was gone through
and ordered to be read a third time to.morrow.
Adjourned.

LONDON.

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THYJasp4ir, JUNE 6.
Of STOCKS THIS DAY AT 01110ICLOCE.
Coeds, SW-.oaudera, 3f—ltediseed iL
PRICE OF STOOLS yurow4y.'
3 c. Red. An. si id hap. par Cam
Mr Cant. Cat Asp. &at Eralbate. IW. to prtas. tt.ME!
4PY Call 7417141 7:f
Tlehrts c 9,!1?1111 3 Pfun•
s par Can. Navy al. zss.
L.Aaa. sktkis Cad. far Ace. not
la la Basis, is.a as.*

' The eolleaing of o flyopg fleet in the Downs,
which we mentioned ypfterdayt is probably a conic-
quence of tome information received refpeding the
movements of the enemy op the French coall ;—for
eves the (hips which compofed the North Sea fqua-
ikon, which had come into Yarmouth a few days
ago, have been ordered to the Downs ; and we find
by our Port letters that fome of them bare actually
failed for that !lotion.

It is reporte4 that %Napalm has arrived at Bou-
logne, having reached that port on Sunday la. Ir
is Paid he returned to Paris on the 3oth ult, where he
only (laid the; and the following day. We know
not on what authority this Ilatement rens, hilt certain
it is that there has been a great hurtle at Boulogne
for above a week pall, as if preparations were making
for tome more than ordinary occafion ; and a firing
was heard along the French coati, during a gm::
part of Sunday ; on which day fifty gun 1304: .
twenty Infers, and feveral {loops, were obieryc.
on the outfide of Boulogne Pier.
The prevailing opinion, at the prefent mor.f
refpeeling the Combined Fleets, is, that one par,
them is deained to take poffeffion of the Cape c,
Good Hope, and the other to fccure the Brazil. ,
the former having been ceded to France, and the lat•
to promifed to Spain. Should they fucceed in tech
a defign, and we fee nothing at prefent that can pu
fibly prevent them, it will be produetive of incalcola.
ble difallers to our India trade. The enemy
fed of the Cape of Good Hope on one fide, o:
the Brazils on the other, would form a chain %%ilia
could not be broken through at any time but b.; a
very flrong convoy, which ought to be employed on
more aelive fervices. Deprived of the refources rf
the Brazils, Portugal mutt fink by a natural &all
into the devouring jaws of the King ?f Terrors, Boat.

TART?, who would probably lull the fearti, anti Gin
the hopes of Spain with the pairs= of that devoted
Rate, until he found an ,pportnnity of adding the
kingdoms of Hefperia to that of Italy.

But how was this espedi. ion to be prevented ? We
anfwered that qneftion above a year ago,.by the feixure
of the Cape of Good Hope, and the occupotion ofAlea-
andria. The former would have fecured India; the
latter would have kept Ns isom on the Weil of Malta,
within reach of the French fleet. But it may be laid
Would RufGa have fuffered us to occupy Alex-
andia, fuppofing we had obtained the conikat. of
Turkey r Either Raffia is, friendly or Wile to us.
If the former, our caufe was bet's; and the can never
be injured by us as a continental power. If the lat.
ter, an additional reafon is obvious for the meafure ;
a meafure, which is not yet fo impraCticable as we
Ica the capture of the Cape is now.

We hear that Lord Nt'..sou was ready to fail on
the loth of May, a mor.:1), after the failing of the
combined fleet. , Had Adm:ral COLLINGWOOD been
fent off, when we were told be b 24 failed; had he
teen feat towards the Brazils, he :.Toeld have been
fo near the enemy as to have obtained intelligence of
them, and to have overtaken them. NaLion may
Rill overtake them, but their land forces will have
firuck iLe blow; and the capture of the fleet, like
that of Aboukir, would not deprive them of their
Concinel. Should they, however, have feized the
Brazils, ve have a plan to propofe, which would in
a great meafure throw a counterpoifing 'night into
cur fcale, and produce advantages to this country,
equal to there which the Vrench Would derive from
their fuceefs.

This morning Tome difpatches, taken on board a
Spanilh packet by the .ioltts privateer, of Guernfey,
Were brought to the Secretary of State's Office by
the Commander of the 4Eoins. They were thrown
overboard by the SpariiardF,.bnt recovered by the
exertions of the people belonging to the privateer.—
It is very probable there ditpatches may lead to
force knowledge of the intended operations of the
enemy.

This morning a Gottenburgh Mail arrived, which
has brought us the bllowing intelligence from Stock.
hchn :

" STOCKHOLM, I,IAY 21;.—His Majeny, it is ex-
peaed,. will fet off to-morrow, to vifit the Camp at
Schoncn, which will conlia of Bow men. He will
return hither about the end of June.
ktonfieur TAIRASN, the
,Prolfian Minifer, and
Secretary, have not yet left this capital, but it is re-
ported they will take their departure in a day or two.
66 it is underßood here that the Treaty between
England, ittsiGa,and this country, is finally arranged
and concluded."

Monday the Earl of MOIRA arrived in Ed.r.bur;;ll
irorn England.

Mr. Jufiice JOHNSON arrived in town yeflei day
from Ireland.

• The Difhop of Sr. DAVID'S has appropriated OT.T•
tenth of his income to pliblic fchool inflitutions with-
in his cliocefe.

'Flit Military Depot in Effex, in the eretftion of
which .1 great number of p.:lfon. have long been em-
ployed, is now completed. It is fituated on an a:ni•
niece Lear the hi4ll road from Chelmsford to Cnl-
chefier, commanding agreeable and diverfified pro•
peels. The main edifice is 75i feet in length, 35 in
breadth, and two flocks high. Thl lower ftorey, 17
ftet high, confifts of the armory, so feet by 30 in.
extent, fitted up with racks for the reception of
ro,coo muskets, Dec. Dec.

Mr. PYE'S etymology of Windier is quellinned by
fcme antiquarians. The Poet-Laureate derives it
from' winding-fhore :' other perfons have been ac-
cullomed to confider the appellation, Windfore, as
having come from its !harp and windy fituation.
Mr. John Coates, a Nor thumbs ianfidler, for a wager
of a crown, a few weeks back, devoured two pounds
of bacon, one pound of cheefe, one pound of butter,
eighteen fried eggs, three pounds of brown bread, a
quart of milk, and a gallon of ale, in the courfe of
hay- an hoer I

STATE LOTT v.—Sixth Dal.—The following
Numbers were drawn prizes above 201.—N0. 76R6
(firli drawn), a prize of 20,0001. No. 13,747, a prize
of to,oool. No. 2 1,2 38, a prize of soool. Nos. 1347,
3992► 534, 6428, 13,143, 17,295, and 17.959,
prizes of rcol. and Nos. 1740, 2726, 7986, 14,578,
19,011, 19,269, 22,517, and 22,753, prizes of 501.—
Seventh day—This morning, No. 6344, drawn
prize of 201. as being the null-drawn Ticket, was en-
titled to 2,c0c1.

On Thurfday fe'nnight, the annt:al ceremony of
ereeting what is called the Penny-kedge, took place at
Whitby. The original occasion is (aid to be this:—
Two man of rank in the neighbourhood being out
hunting the wild boar, the animal, clofcly preffed,
obtained (bolter in the hermitage of Efiedalelide,
ohm it expired : the hermit having clofcd the door,
it was broken open, and the old anchorite beaten fo
feverely with their boar.flaves, as to occafion his
death. The Abbot of Whitby attended him in his
lalk moments, and ordained not only their deaths, but
the following expiatory peiaace—that on Afcention.
day, they could repair to the Abbot's woods, preced•
ed by his bailiff blowing a horn, and at intervals Cr y
ing" Out on you !" and cut from thence a number
of &lakes and flowers, with a knife of no more than a
penny price : with thefe materials they were to ere&
a hedge at nine in the morning, at low-water-mark,
in the harbour of Whitby, which was to (land the
wafhing of nine tides on pain of conftfcation of their
whole property. This ceremony has never been
omitted in the memory of man. The late Lord of
Whitby manor, as fuecefors to the Abbot, offered to
difpenfe with this ceremony, bat the proprietors of
the remaining lands, held by this resuatkablc tenure,
declined it.