Star.
London, England, 1801-06-11 00:00:00

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LONDON.

THURSDAY, JUNE at- . •
Sr.B s—. Holiday at the bank and Steeiattkanse.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
Bank Stock t674f Long Ann. 3-16
ape: Cent. Red. 64 II Short Ann. s
3 per-C, ConL ihut Imp. 3 per Cent. sq
4.rm tint- zgit: - Imp. Ann. tit 9-16
5 per C. Navy art Omnium pi * I
5 Per t may Conf. for Act. 66i 6a4
As we fufpefled yellerday, the alarm occafioned
by the Eaft-India (hips having been miftaken for
enemy's, was very general along die Suffix and
Ilampfhire coatis. Every where there was the
greaten alacrity among the regular and volunteer
corps, and all could have been in motion in a very
few mltutes after the alarm. •

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. A Council of his Majelly's Minitiers was yet.
terday 'held at Lord HAWIESDURY'S Office in
Powning-lireet. After it broke up, Difpatches
.711feie fent off to the Court of Peterfburgh.
• ' • . Mr. FORD, the Magittrate, goes to Weymouth
silering h'ts MAJISTY'S TtfidelleethCre.
Majartv has been oleafect to order a kind
L of Uniform, which will be worn itlVeymouth, and
which, 'at his Majssry's defire, the Princefres
will adopt. It is fcarlet with a narrow gold lace,
, lthe fame which is to be worn by the Knights of
Vs• the Garter.
• •:•' --Her Mallere's, GermaA Bind is to 'go round
to Weymouth in the drugsifia Yacht. The aquatic
efitertatnments there, are to be upon a grander
reale than they have hitherto been.'
A number of the regiments in the 'neighbour.
hood of Exeter, are to be encamped immediately
it is Paid item Exmouth, on a very pleacitt fpot ;
and it is generally believed that his Ms./I:r* will
- !evicw thete troops early in July.
Ca ILIST'SHes r S rAL.—At the dote of the'poll for
' aMafter OfHertford Scboolon this admirable foun.
• • *don. the numbers- <were : For -Mr. PAASALIII,
lo—Por Mr. Gif Le, 17. No fooner was the lift
doted, &neje* Governors appeared, in order to
!rote for the Tatter.
Thefollowing is the return made, under an or-
der of the Houfe of -Commons, of the increafe
and diminution which have taken place in the
number and amount of !'glary, emolument, and
cinemas of an the Public °Excitor the year 1800
s. d.
bands -.0 1,428 19 7t .
• Dindnalina -- 24,749 56 74
Daum of Ineraik. 56.579. 3 =if
Pates or Parsa.—Every day furndhes lament-
able inftances of the extravagant price of that ar-
ticle. Nothing can exceed the impolicy of what
his been called Mr. PITT': loft legacy, flu Tax on
Paper. The effeas of it on the literary commerce '
of this country are grievous. Its tendency is
" To Sat the gates of isesigatv en Mankind."
—Of our individual sufferings we will not now
•. We will quote two paffages front the laft
numer of the Britilb Critic, which cannot be 64
to be. hoftile to Adrniniftration id The extrava-
gantinereafe of the price of pipet will prove, we
fiat.; in many inflames, prejudicial
iso to the caufe of
learning." A foraltle awe -the Critic indeed
produces : 44 Wt learWoullAgt, that the libe-,
ran and defiaibk idea of ing the Angfib
?Its is unavoidably•relinquintod, au woke: of the
aserwaso.P4SHOPY4".
If Miners and.Mealusenwelotonly, as they pre.
*tend. Manufaatirers and FaittiM fits-the holders
'of Corn, 'what intereheoold they have to forcing
.the poifotious and adulterated Ruff, of which they
- • have lately. hes:ll4l"a guilty, upon the, ppm
. •- Ba-
kers ? Their coemitiffio'n would not very with their
commodity, or. they wield loft, by telling vile in-
flead, cif valuable articles. - . •
• This Conntry_tivill be ruined and overturned al- '
togetner, u a -ftp is not put to the tyranny end.
eombinationsofCapitines. It is not true that ?M-
-akers are Alva who* and obey the Capitalifts
ft long as. Loans are required for the Public
service. The-country once deliveredrrom the #
to.tilet Ow Comma; the people refcued from the
• Ler& of /ferias, and faved from thefelos of
evithbol&l ft**, from their own mouths, vs-Mid,
• be able Willing, and eager to &mitt: a pro.-
. teeing Government with more than it required
for the public fafety and defence.' Nothing is
P more Aire than that no Adminifiration can com-,
nand the wealth of the country, like that which
commands its affeaions. The gratitude of a na-
tion is its tuft Exchequer; ana the Stare cannot
be poor where the People are happy; nor can that
wealth be ufeful to the State which oppitffes the
people.
On Tuefday morning a fire broke out In the
honk of Mr. Games, baker, Crane-greet, Dover,
which wasthortly confumed, and the family with
difficulty effefted their efcape. The houfe of Meas.
Moses, filverfm=oining, received Come da-
mage, but watt d by the exertions of the
inhabitants. • • • - • -
A fire broke mit yelkeday 'scorning about !four
o'clock, biWood-ftreet, Cheapfide, at the &gar-
- houfe belonging to Messrs. FAIRER and WARREN,
which burned very furioutly for Tome time ; and
from.a cooperage adjoining, in Wood-greet, and
several old wooden buildings in the back 'courts in
Philip-lane, ,the whole neighbourhood was in the
pinta danger ; but the engines were fo well Cup-
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. plied and worked, that though the whole of that
extensive building is entirely contained, the fire
. was prevented fpreading any farther; the Afro-
s:lotions of the Wards of Cripplegate Within and
Cheap attended immediately, and preferved the
greateft order, and rendered very effential fervice.
The Amufentents at the ROYAL Coneys, St.
Giorge's•Fields, -aided by the coolnefs of thee
- Theatre, form fo ftroog an attraaion as to yield
overflowing audiences every evening, who espial
the itrongeft approbation of the Grind Pantomime
of the Bari& in Egypt, with Sir RALPH Affil••
caostar's horfe being flint under him, dm the
fakinating Speeticle of the Northern Fleet. pad
the admired preduaion of Rinaldini, which lift,
on account of the great demand for plates, will
11&._ be continued until Saturday next, after ',huh 14
will poatively be withdrawn. .•

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