Star.
London, England, 1805-09-07 00:00:00

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The fain h this :Atom are fon parties ;what country,
the French faaion and the Fatriotic Swifs. The for-
mer detry that :thine is-try intention to incorporate
the country with the French Empire, that they nuty
the more effeanally fumed in their defigns : the tat-
ter know their machinations, and have foliched the
proteftion of Anfiria,. which, however, has not yet
given them any .anfwer.—The Swifs may come to be'
a misll ufeful auziliat7 to Auntie in cafe of a war,
and a war may be the means of enabling them to
throw off the Frenclk,yoke.
The reports that were circulated of SwedUh Po.
merania having-beca•ceded to Raffia, have been offi
cially contradiQed by the Swedills Ambafrador, nor
have aky arrangements been entered into for the oc-
cupation of that province by Ruffian troops.
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It now appears that all there rumours, which fiat
appeared in the Continental Prints, were mere fa-
brications of BOMATAZTE and hiaprifrgang. fa order
to excite jealoisfy and alarms between the Courts of
Berlin and Petertbargla.

A privatc letter received by the Hamlonrgb
dated Alton', the 27th ult. contains the following
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paragraph:

gi A letter from Phis, received this morning, writ-
ten by a perfon whofe judgment aad means of infor•
matron may be depended upon, Oates, that,-for two,
days pad not the leaft doubts have 4leeo entertained
here of a CC:011611MA War, and we, have been
in hourly expeolation of bearing that honk*,
have commenced. Indeed St is aliened, that they
hive already taken place in Italy. •Ifit ia true, as
is generally reported, that a treaty•offenllve and de;
fenfive has been enter-AI into, between Prance .and
Praia relative to Swedidt l'omerattia, Auftria may
find herfelf is a very er!tical fituation ; at all events,
it mud be her that will bear the emu in a War, which,
according to_ all appearances, may be wetted to be
direlted tmmediattly againd her, in a mod vigorous
manner."

, • .
A Cabinet Cosadl 'Maheld yefterday at Mr.Pyrr's
Houle. • . • • . •
Lord Mane has not left town as has been re.
.ported in fume of. the papers, nor do we imagine
that he will for Tome days. . . •
Oilers were .on Tnefday 101 l received at the Head-
quarters in Canterbury, from tht, Secretary at War,
directing that the feeeral regiments in the Southern
Difttia,•under.mentioned, fhould hold thensfelves in
readinefe for immediate .embarkation Oa foreign fey.
vice. The nunsber.of Cavalry under orders, amounts,
it is faid,.to tsiooo men; among& them are the fol-
lowing.:.— •
KinesThigoon Guards.
ath Dragoon. 011.11411.
ittk, or eteeetes,Owo Dragoons.
6th, Inurnoitten eens. •
7111, loth, i jth. stft, Light Dragoons,
A Detiehnleut of the Royal Waggon train.
AU the FUR Bartiliwe of the Line.
A lareParty of Art
Tranfports, upwards of 6o in runnier, are. already
arrived in the Downs, for the purple, it is Paid, of
receiving them.
The prize-money due to the ,gallant Army of
Egypt, for its glorious sconquefts, is, now in courfe of
payment. The fief of three inhalments has *already
b :en paid, to foine of the regiments ; it amounts to
the folli of 13$. 6d. to each priiate.
As loon as the proteffion at. the Duke of Gi.cm-
curse's funeral on Wednefday hid plied through
Kenfington Turnpike, the drivers of the coaches,
taking up on their boxes the perfons who were ap-
pointedro walk by the fide is attendants. immedi-
dlately put the horfes. into a full .trot, which occa-
fionally quickened• into it half canter. Notwithftand-
log the particular and refpeetful attention of the Whole
of .the inhabitants ofßrentford, the people who were
fuffered to niolint the coach boxes. at Kenfington
turnpike gate, never defcended to take tip their pro•
per nations, but fat in full conierfation with the, dri-
vers. tuch indecorum excited confiderable diffistif-
faltion in thoft who witnefted it, and deferies to be
reprobated in the mot fevere terms. •
The effete produced by the proceffion with torch.
lights at the funeral, from Windfor Celle to st:
Georgc's Chapel, Was remarkably fine. There was
indeed, a fabliniitY in it, which perfeBly accorded
with the occafion. The Melancholy magnificence of
the prnceffion itfelf, with the flow maw, was ex-
tremely folemn, while the torches gave a faint view
of the furrounding antient towers and battlements of
the Caftle, intermingled with foliage. The'darknefs
of the lky increafed the grandeur of the fcene.
JAMES FARRIS, of Bury, in Lam:Aire, hating
engaged to run four miles in 21 minutes, for soogs.
p. the fame was decided lag week at Knutsford,
when he peformed his race in so minutes and $7 fe
conds, being three fcconds within the time.
THUNDER STORM.—Yefierdaymorning, about four
o'clock, a roof terrible form of rain, accompanied
with lightning and frightful peals of thunder, CM,
on, which raged about the metropolis with ;nectar*
and unexampled fury till about (even o'clock..
The rain defcended in torrents, and, without the
flighteft intermiffien; while the form Med. The
greets were in a ffiort time completely inundated,
and the deluge poured with fuch impetuofity and if-
feet into the-houfes expofed to its ravages, that the
inhabitants, molly of the labouring clefs, were com.
pelted to rife asortly after the commencement of the
form. The market folks were alfo prevented from
entering on their bufinefs until after (even o'clock.—
The lightning flatbed at intervals with dreadful glare,
and was generally fucceeded by the loudeft thunder
we ever remember. The peal which terminated the
form, was really tremendous, it was preceded by a
ftafh of lightning, refembling a vivid ball of fife, and
!hook even houfes in a manner refembling the frock
of an earthquake : its direition was from the fouth
weft. On inquiry, we find that a tree was rent into
four parts by the lightning, near rftenfington Gore.
A thunder-belt fell in York-ftreet,Weftminfter, which
in the pre(ence of many perfons, tore up feveral
feet of pavement, and threw tome or the hones into
a neighbouring fhop, leaving a ftrong fulphureous
fnrell. No lives were loft, nor any other perfonal
injury fuftsined.