Star.
London, England, 1802-05-19 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY, MAY Ig.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :
3 perC. Conf. money, 74 }—for May account, 741 11.
News per Cent. !oh Id s per C. los U.
Omnium It I.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY.
sank Str.k tgc.: India Stock 3:a wg
3 per Ct. Red. 731 A Imp. 3 per Cent. 73
3 per Ct. Conf. 7411 i Imp. Aim. 12 t-16
4 per Cent. 9:1 89; 90 kith 5 per Ccnt.
3 pet C. A. tcalt Excheq. Bill, 31. to lc prem.
3 per C. A. 1797 1041034 i! Omnium if Iti prem.
Lou: Aim. ;xi} Conf. for May ace. 74-111

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.
Amfterdam, 70.14 2U. Cadiz 37 eife.q. Genoa 47i
Ditto, at (Ott to 1 t Madrid 34 paper Litbon 68
Rotterdam, to is IU. Ditto "37 'ea. Oporto 681
Hamburg!' 32 7al U. Balboa 37i Pakrmo soo
Altona 3z 8 21 U. Leghorn st pence pet oz.
Cadiz 34 in paper Naples 44 Dul,lia tz
Paris,l day's date, 23 it—Ditto 2 IX 23 13 liv.
tiouteleaux - - a Uf. 23 16 liv.
• Venice, s, Linea Pieoll Effeetivi per IL fled

night we received Paris journals oldie 15th.
They contain the refult of the meafure adopted by
the Legiflative B;;dy, to enable the members to
give their vctes individually refpaling the eletlion
Of LIONAPARTE for life. The addrcfs of CHABOT,
(DE L'ALL4I) Prefident of the Tribunate, is
worthy of a peruEil : there is fornething manly in
it. One range is remarkable—a with from the
Tribunatz, that he will continue to rely on the men
who dialed the reviamion : Does not this betray
form jealonfy of the Priefts and Emigrants ?
Tht(e papas are fiient refpeaing reports of
plots, :irrefls of Generals, &c. which have been
!in circulation. By private Letters the whole ap-
pear to have been mere goffie. " No fdoner,".

fass one of there lettcis, "had the Tribunate ex-
pi-LIRA its with that a national recompence
be given to Dos AP.IXTE, then the coffee-lnaire pn
liticians intlacd that h.: was to be made Emperor
of thy Gauls; great notice was alfi; taken of cer-
tain vague reports of fcmc of the Military Q.. ps
having refilled to attend at the Cathedral, to wit-
nefs the confecration of their colours ; there was
much raid of plots, of individuals, and even Ge-
nerals, put under arrea, banned, or imprifoned;
of plans which were to have been executed the
sth of May on the parade, but which were fruf-.
trated : thefe, however, have been but topics of
idle talk, and will never find a place in the page
of hiltory."

The French Government has moved the Legif-
lative Body for a Bill to authorife it to increafe or
tliminifh the cuftorn-honfe duties, either to protcet
home or prohibit foreign 'manufaitures. As the
Government have fo fiercely aliened the principles
of exclufion, we cannot expeet that they wills by
this power of modifying the cuftoms to be enabled
to take any effeCtual meafures to allow this coun-
try to trade with France on fair principles. As a
principle of commerce, nothing can• be more im-
politic and ill-conceived, becaufe nothing is fo
fatal to commerce as the vexatious interference of
power. Layir faire was the old maxim of French
commerce, but it is obfolete, like moft other good
maxims. —The French Funds are 561. 89c.
The Swifs, the formerly free and happy Swifs !
to what are they doomed.? Having had bravery
and virtue fufficient to make them continue to re-
lift every attempt of being enslaved by France,
under pretence of new Conftitutions, Liberty,
Equality, &c. infurreEtion has been ftirred up in
tome places, which will furnifh a pretext for
French interference to rcftore order ; while a part
of their country, the Valais, has been wreiled
from them oftenfibly, to form a new Republic, but,
in truth, to be converted into highways, cc.. the
purpofe of marching French armies into their
neighbours' territories whenever they may he fo
inclined.

In Bavaria alfo there 4re tome difturbanceg, oc-
calioncd by an attempt on the part of the EleCtor
to make the people woi k upon the holidays !

PASSWAN OoLou Rill furnithcs work fur the
Porte.

It is very currently mentioned in the higher cir-
des, that Mr. PITT is about to be married to the'
eldeft daughter of Lord CARRINGTON. Whether
or not it is with the view of changing his Rate, we
cannot determine, but it it certain he is about re-
moving from his prefent fmall ready furnithed
houfe in St. James's Place, to a houfe of which he
has taken a leafe, in Upper Baker-ftreet, Portman-
fquare, dole to the New Road. Lady CH/r-4AM
has the fuperintendence of fnrnifhing the book.
Only go,oool. Reding has been paid up in full of
the laft Loan. The redfon of this is, that the price
of Confuls being fo much lower in proportion t ban
Omnim", it is not the interell of any holder to make
the advances.

The report of an Order of. Council having been
Med to prevent the importation of French wines
and brandies, &c. is now faid to be premature.—
But after what Lord HAWIIESBURY faid in the
Houk of Commons, that if France excluded our
manutadures, we could retaliate by excluding her
productions, fuch as wines and brandies, it is not
furpriling that the report, &II (Wed in a Mot nin;
Paper, Ihould have been very generally err!:
dited ; and if France perfif/s in her prelent
condo.% filch an order will, no doubt, be Wiled.
The change of the departure of the mails is
the confequence of a private agreement between
the French and Engin Polt-offices, to prevent the
revenue horn fuffering, by letters being fent in
private (hips.
On Thurfday lall the Newington, Surry, armed
Affociation met for the purpofe of difembodying.
Previous thereto, the colours (accompanied by
the Gentlemen of the Committee, the Band, and
the whole Corps) were taken to the Church, and
there depofited. On this occaflon fome very ap-
propriate prayers were delivered by the Reverend
Mr. DICKENSON, the Curate of the parifh. After
the ceremony, the Corps and many refpeetable
Inhabitants dined together, and (pent the day with
the utmolt conviviality. The liberality and zeal
of Major BURNS and the Officers, together with
the uniform good condudt of this Corps, merit
the higheff encomiums; and it was truly gratify-
ing to obferve, that the propofal made by the
Major for reuniting in cafe of future danger, was
received by the whole Corps with enthutialm.
Monday laft, Geoac rosy., Efq. fen. M. P.
narrowly efcaped drOwing. Between three and
four o'clock he left the Parliament-houfe, for the
purperfe of croffing the Thames, to the neighbour-
hood of the Palace, in Lambeth, where his honks
were waiting for him. With that view, he went
to the Wooden wharf, at Palace-yard, where he
took a boat; but as it puttied off, and before he fat
down, he fell backwards into the river. The boat
(hot away from him, the tide was high, the water
was ten feet deep, and from the inemnbrance of
his boots he was the more unable to make any ex-
ertion to lave himfelf.—Fortunately a barge
,was
pafling at the time, and one of the bargemen feized
hold of his leg and extricated him from this peri-
lous fituation. He was very much exhanfled ;
and, had he been a minute longer in the water,
the accident might have proved fatal. He gave
the hlrgeman a guinea, end a hackney coachlOeing
called, he was put into it, and drove to his honk
in Palace-yard. The coachman at &it objected to
•receive fuch a diipping fare ; but, as foon as he
was informed that it was Mr. Ross, late Secretary
of the Treafury, he gladly admitted him.

A4IU7IC:II, INTZ: LIGEATI:.

111.1!1.:; TIIIS 1).1V.-ICIVDS.

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Arrived thi-. T11111:.11g the VA LS !VG HAM, Rr. -
DARTS, with the NI:Ill fr.,m 1./C41:;11, at:er a paffige
of 21 days. Tlik I.:iled Com Lireon fir
days prior to the K sr, Gm:lgs pack;,
rived on Tuefthiy I.ol.—Arrived all.) his Majeny's
brig Hunter, 14 guns, rs ; the l'en•.'iret ,14 gut
the Indullry cutter, of Dover, Ilicuitsusos, fr,nl
a cruifc, and the American 4:7 Maria, I.t. c•
TON, with flour, from Norfolk, after a patry:e
49 days.—Sar.ed his Majelly'st]iip
50 guns, accompanied by la SurrisAsrr, of
guns, Lieut. TomLINFON, for Plyn:otilli ; the
Plymouth (traniiiort brig), I.r.tr, for Plynioin;: ;
the American bri Carrier, M‘C..s.onsAl.,' for Nor.
folk; the brig Warren, Bonen, NV :01 I:inir, f)r
Barcelona ; the Speedwell, and
combe, CH ANT, fur Swanfea.—The C !..ORG
packet will tale the mil of the I ttli init. for
Liroon.—A mail hum Lifbon and the Leeward
Iflands tray be hourly erpeeled to bc. brought by
the PRINCE ADOLPHUS and PaiNcEss ELizautm
pac::ets.—Wind

PLYMOUTH, MAY r'.

Came in the ALLIGATOR trantpoa, of Lon•lon,
Capt. JOHN GIBSON; from Altrallt.h
Malta, and Gibraltar: (be failed from Alexathiri4
the 2oth September lafi ; and from Gibraltar ol
the 7th of April: (he teolf on b•lari at Malta
men of the Ancient kith Fencibles, r.thich are to
difembark at this port : they arc all in perfea
health : alfo the CHATHAM, of so :pins, from
Falmouth, where (he has been lying as a 5,,,na:d.
(hip during the late war:Jlic was ac,:.,:mpanied 1:i-
-they by the SUFFIANTF; of guns, Capt. NE-
511A m.—S:6led for Ircland,with difehated feamen,
his M..tjefly's *lips REvottrrios AIM!, of 4.4 guns,
Capt. MURRAY; and Irt oirn.tr IE, of 38 gun 4,
Capt.lloruam. •

POI:TSNIOUTH, MAY Ir.

This day arrived the fhips Sea Nymph, Capt.
Tno. CHURCH ; Zephyr, WM. EL LER EV ; and the
Neptune, MARSHALL, with the garricon battalion
from Jerfey,whohave marched to Hiika barracks:
alto the Hannah and Stican, HOLDM AN; with cyder,
from Exeter. This day the Argo, GARBUTT ;
and the rutty, Boll:CON, were releafed from qua-
rantine. Laft night (after poll) arrived the Mon.
GIANA, of i6guns, from Martinico.—Wind E.—
Thc Peggy, FOT E Rlll', is C!:pCt.9.0.1 to fail tc..
morrow for Gaeini'ey, to take in tioops for Wey-
mouth. Arrived the Betfy, Jorix CIiANCELLEIt,
from Lea, with oats. Came into barbour the
DLOOD-HOU ND gun-brig.

Y.IIIMOUTII. MAY Is%

Yefterday an ived from Scotland the LYN X floop
of war, and the Aocaegun-vetla, from a cruizc.
Paired through a large ileet of colliers fur the riv. Jr.
No attivals from Cuxhaven.