Star.
London, England, 1801-02-26 00:00:00

FR9M LLOYD'S LIST.

DEAL, Fre. zg.—Arrived and failed for the
river the Galen, MAC KA v, from Virginia.—Wind
S. S. W. blows hard, with rain.

GRAVESEND, FEB. 2f.—Pallid by the Altive,
MASON, from Cork; and Iris, CONWAY, from
Alexandria.—Sailed the Naiad, ROBEK rs, fur
Jamaica.

The following Bomb-veil-4.15, viz. the ZEBRA,
SULPHUR, EXPLOSION, TiRROlt. and VOLCANO,
have been ordered for fervice, and to be ready at
a moment's wanking. It is fuppofed that they are
going on Come particular fervice in the Noah
Seas.

The Columbia, BRYANT, from New York,' ar
rived at Dover; on the Bth inft. in lat. 49. long.
57. fpoke the Rost Eall Indiaman, and on the
,zoth, fpoke the NORFOLK privateer, C rpt. Goon-
au., with a Spanifh prize.
Yeflerday a Court of Directors of the Eaft In-
dia Company was held at the India Houle, when
the following Commanders took their final leave
of the Court, previous to being difpatched :
For Bengal—Captain R. Burrow's, of the flail) Earl Howe.
For Bombay(.—Captain S. Wood, of the Chip Woreefter.
For China dirc&—Captain T.; Pt iree, of the Taunter(
Cattle; Captain A. Timbrill, of the Albion • Captain J. Mar-
tin, of the Woodford ; Captain. J. of the Alfred ;
and Captain T. Wail, of the Duke of Buecleugh.
All the above (hips are appointed to be in the
Downs on or before the 7th of next month.
Letters from Amfterdam, dated February t r, (late
that ,d for force time paft a great number of failors,
and about 800 newly-railed marines, have been
fent to the Texel for the fleet. A great number
of failors have been alfo fent to Helvoetfluys for
the divilion of the Meufe. It is alfo laid, that
Admiral BRUIX has agreed with the Batavian
Government upon a plan for the fpeedy organiza-
tion of the fleet, as alfo for its dellination. Al-
though we muff be ignorant of the latter point,
it is however certain, that this fleet, confining of
nineteen fhips of the line and eight frigates, will
carry a confiderable corps of French and Batavian
troops for landing. The politicians already begin
to form conjectures on the objeft of this expecli-
on. Some of them effed a defcent in Scotland ;
others retake the Cape of Good Hope, while
others fend this armament to the Eaft Indies, there
to give a deadly blow to the Englifh power."

On account of his Mararrv's continued indif-
polition, a notice was yefterday iffited by the Loan
CHAMBERLAIN, that there would be no more Le-
vees or Drawing-rooms till further notice.
The Prince of Watts yefterday dined with
Lord Maisouans, at his houfe at Whkehall.
Yefterday a Meeting of the Cabinet Minifters
was held in Downing-areet, at which the Earl of
CHATHAM, Lord HAWEESBURY, and moil of the
other Cabinet Minifters attended.
The French have fold .all the Bridal merchan-
dize at Leghorn.
The conferences at Luneville are broken up, and
JOSEPH BONAPARTE is arrived at Paris.
The Tufcan Government has ordered a forced
loan of too,ooo crowns, .to be levied on all the
abfent fubjeets of Tufcany, or thofe who have
co-operated with the enemy's armies in difturbing
good order and tranquility in Tufcany, fence the
re-entrance of the French. Should this tax not be
paid in ten days, their effeCts will be put under
fequearation.
The Oratorio of the Messier' proved confider-
ably aura& ve, 'aft night, at Covent Garden Thea-
tre. The houfe difplayed a very numerous and
fplendid attendance; and the reiterated burfts of
applaufe, which many parts of the performance,
particularly the choruffes, experienced, augur a
fuecefsful fe.r:on to the affiduous and deferving
Manager.
ANCIENT CONCIRT.—The Company was laft
night very numerous, but none of the ROYAL FA-
MILY were prefent. Lord DARNLRY was the
DireCtor. The principal fingers were Madame
BAST!, Mars. HARRISON and B DWI. At
the end of the 6ra aft, the audience were unex-
peCtedly gratified with God Jaw the King, which,
with the following additional ftanza, was moll
rapturoufly applauded, viz.
Lord ! is our pray'r attend;
Health in thy mercy fend
To Orosee oar KING.
All ill from him remove;
Long may he 1:-se to prove ;
Hir grateful People's love
Gas fare the Kiva!
The new Novel by Mr. SMITH, entitled " The
RUNAWAY," is nearly out of print, fo great has
been the demand for this truly excellent pro-
dation after the Old School.
The author of The Millennium is yet unknown
to trs : we have advertifed his fatirical poem—and
we have perufed it with much entertainment. It
is a flrong proof of the merit of the prefent age,
that real
.genius is combined with real modeffy.
ft is curious to think .that the only two Satires
poffeffed of intrinfic value, which have lately ap-
peared before the public—The Millettaiwn we mean,
and The Parfaits of Literature, are almoft the only
poems whole Authors we have not been able to
difcover.

Yekrday morning, about ten o'clock, a fire
broke out at the houfe of an Orange Merchant,
near Fleet-market, which deftroyed part of the
infide of the premifes, together with fome of the
property, but was foon extinguillred by the timely
affillance of the firemen and engines.
On Saturday fe'nnight, Mr. RaLri HINDER.
sow, of Sunderland, flip-chandler, unfortunately
fell over the Fol.ly.euti into the Wear, and was
drowned.