Star.
London, England, 1801-07-30 00:00:00

tisT hrbtA siftleta.

Yefterday the Purfers belonging toalte Honou-
rable Company's Chips the Lady Jane bundas and
Belga], arrived at the India-Honfe nth their dif-
patches from the Governor-General of Bengal.
The above chips with the Lady Burges Earl-India.
man, at prefent in the Cove of Cork, will fail for
the Downs as foon as they get a convoy.
Yefterday a Court of Diredors of the EaR India
Company was held at the India Houk; when the
following Commanders attended, and took their
leave of the Court, prcvious to theirbeingdifpatch-
ed, according to their refpedive coll/49gnments,
viz. Captain LOGAN, of the Manfhip, rot Ceylon
and Bengal; Captains LARKINS and Gitaa•sa, of
the Comet and Sarah Chrißiana, for Den.sal;
Captains JOHN CRAIG, R.A. MASH, T NOM A !SUR-
rum, and ALEX. SINCLAIR, of the Caleddhian,
General Stuart, Monarch, and Ann, for Madras;
Captains MITCHELL and BAUER, of the Sovereign
and Northampton, for Bombay ; and Captain
ANDRIW GRIEVE, of the Princefs Mary, for St.
Helena and Bengal.

Before the Revolution there were in Paris 34
Printers ; their prefent number amounts to 385•
Lail week a private in the Oxford Militia, quar-
tered
at Briftol,fucked fuch a quantity of rum out
of a puncheon, landed on the Quay, by means of
a (haw, as to occafion his death next day.

Yeflerday and-the day before a great number of
fhips arrived at moorings in the nver from Den-'
mark, Sweden and Ruffia. The crews of feve-
ral of the fhips detained in confequence of the em•
bargo in the latter country, Rate that they were
marched a confiderable way into the country,
where the cold was fo extremely intenfe as, with
the effel of bad provifions, to occafion the death
of many of the prifoners. During their long
march, they add, that they were wholly deprived
of the benefit of any fire, and feveral of them had
IoR their toes and fingers by the feverity of the i
frog. Since their liberation they experienced,
however, every degree of humanity and kindnefs
from the Government, and their treatment on
their return to their Rations was highly honour-
able to the Ruffian nation.

We hear from Bengal, that the Barracks and
military Bungaloos on the banks of the Jurgah
Nullak, about a quarter of a cols from the Ganges,
in the vicinity of Chunar, and which had been but
jult repaired at an enormous expcnce, have been
nearly deltroyed by an unexpated overflow of the
rivers.

A letter from Bombay lays, tome of the moil
powerful Chieftains of the banditti in the PoHams
have made their fubmillion to the Company's Col-
ledors of the adjacent diftriets, and the Ryotts arc
are again returning to their deferted villages.
A quantity of very valuable land has been ob-
tained in the Soubah of that Prefidency, in confe-
quence of a clearance of the Sunderbunds, or the
woods. Its extent is laid to be equal to the Prin-
cipality of Wales. This place affords an inexhauf-
tible (tore of timber proper for boat-building.
All political difquifition, we underftand, is
&idly forbidden at Manilla. The Chinefe mer-
chants have been driven away through the jealou-
fy of the Spanifh Government. The reftridions
throughout the neighbouring Wands have caufed
moR of the neeeffaries of life to rife to an enor-
mous price. The people are raid to have become
ferioufly difaffeded to the Government, which is
Rated to uphold itfelf by very prompt meafures.
At the celebration of the annual Mahornmedan
feftival, called "hyistra, on the sgth January, in
the neighbourhood of Myfore, fome very ferious
difturbances took place between the mob of Fa-
quirs and the inhabitants, in confequence of which
meeting with fome obftrudion in one of the prin-
cipal ftreets, the devotees concluded that a plot had
been laid to interrupt them in their religious du-
ties; and with all the zeal of mifguided enthufi.
arm, drew their fwords on the populace ; mall'acre,
riot, and confufion enfued, till the miltary were
called in, when order was happily reftored. Go-
vernment has confulted fome of the principal Ma-
hommedana with refpeet to the abolition of this
feftival ; but received for anfwer, that nothing
fhould ever induce them to forego a cuftom en-
joined by the founder of their faith, the negled
of which muft &Ned them to infamy in this world,
and perdition in that which is to come.

It was eftirnated in 1792, that the paper circu-
lation of this country was about thirty millions.—
If fo, it mull be much greater at prefent, as the
means are fo much increafed, and as the circula-
tion of Englifh Bank-notes, that ufed to extend all
over England, is now principally confined to Lon-
, don. The neceffity of finding out an employment
for this increafed quantity of imaginary capital,
mull naturally produce the etre& that the affignats
produced in France, and paper money in Americas
and thole Who pollefs them will board up real
value of any fort, in older to gain by railing the
price. In the years 1791 and 1792, every ware.
houfe in France was leaded with corn, coffee, (ti-
ger, and fuck articles as are of a certain elite
and ready Pale. The prices role in the mida of
abundance • and it was not till the fyfiem of the
Maximum man, that mirth was obtained.
The French had recourfe to the Maximum to
totteteroa the yfea of a Pater, the quantity of which
hatreofed every day, toe I which a was oat of their power
to knit or efitetiteift ; but in this country we have
another, an tidier, and a mote equitable meafure,
which is, to prevent that enormops quantity of
fiCtitious money from continuing to circulate, to
the advantage of a few, and the ruin of the many.
Were individuals not affeeed by the high prices
which this inundation of paper creates, the Govern-
ment itfelf is a lofer of leveret millions a year, by
additional* expence in viaualling the Navy, and
buying every fort of fibres. Add to this, that as
every thing keeps pace with expence of living, the
expenditure In every department is increafed.
In every view, then, that can be takcri of the
matter, it is become neceiTary for the Legiflature
to interfere, and limit the iffues of paper by pri-
vate Banks, and to take fuch precautions as will
keep it within bounds, at the fame time rendering
it folid and fah to the Public.