Star.
London, England, 1807-02-04 00:00:00

MIRK-LANE.

CORN-EXCHANGE, FEBRUARY 4.
Wheat is here in tolerable fupply, with few frefh
arrivals—Sales in this trade are very heavy, and .
hardly maintain laft prices—Scarce any Ryc, which
is dearer— Barley and Malt are in great abundance,
and almoft without buyers—ln Peas and Beans o(
both forts but little variation—Before the elide of
Monday's Market there were many trent arrivals of
Oats, and this trade was cheaper and this day fome.
what lower—Flour in great plenty and dull fide—
Fine American 4.55. to sos. per barrel.

GINERAL CUItRENCY AS UNDER:
Wheat, jcs 66. 78s per qr. Grey Prate 424 47s od
Fine Ditto. Bos 83s od Beans, (old) 42s 485 od
Rye, 425 485 od Tick Ditto 343 405 od
Barley, 335 395 Oats, 221 251 298
\lalt, 645 7os Polurd gift° 29s 3 t sod
White Peale, (43oilers) SA 4: Rape Seed, 251 291 oos
Fine Flour 6s s to 7c5. Seconds 6os to 655.

All the Officers, Nnn-commillioned Officers, and
Privates, of the 1(t Somerfet Regiment of Militia,
have volunteered to extend their fervices to Ireland,
and have regoelled Major Sir CHARLES BAMPFYLDE,
who now commands them, to it-anti:sit their offers to
his Royal Highnef the Commander in Chief.

Th: following is an Abllrad of the effeaive
Rrength of the Volunteers in Great Britain; diftin-
guifhing Infantry, Ctyalry, and Artillery; according
to the Weft Returns, dated the iti of December,
1806 :

CAVALRY—FicId Ofßzers 16:—Captains493—Subaktrns1031,
—Staff Offici.ri 74;--Sei.kants 1556; Trumpeters and DATUM -
mirs Rank and File zi,i SJ.

INFANTRT--Field Officers 1238—Captains 3Es4—Subalterns
7436—Staff Officers t7B.:—Serjennts 13 Ba6—Trumpeters and
Drutrumert 6791—Rank and File 239,301.

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ARTIL Liar —Fi,:d Officers 29—Captains t sz—FuSalterns 309
—Staff Officcrs ts—Scrjeaots 55+—Trumpeters and Drummcrs
123—Rank and File 10,482.

To T A OffiZer 3 1427—Captains 4438—Subalterns 2797
—St4ll Officers 2386—Serjeants 15986-T runiptters and Drum.
mers 7sos—Rank and Fdc 293,163.
Jan. 27, 1207. (Signed) J. BECKETT.
COURTS MA It TI A z..—Saturday the Court Mar-
tial at Plymouth ended on Captain Colquitt, of the
Princefs frigate, on ten charges, preferred again&
him by Lieutenant• Pratte, of- the fame (hip ;
when the Cow t unanimoufly found eight charges to
be gtofs falfehoods, and founded in malice ; one
charge was found gaialt Captain Colquitt, but no
culpability attached to it ; and one was partly
proved, for which Capt. Colquitt was admonifhed.
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7be Znniverfaries of frveral public Chorine:, of late
years, have much interfered with each other, fo as to
be injurious to their beneficent exertions; it is there-
fore evidently an ad of kiadnefs to inform the alive
friends, when the day, &c. of each billitution fixed
upon.—Our Currefpondent affures the Public, that
on the 12th Aptil, the ANNUAL SERMON Of the
HUMANE SOCIETY will be preached, by the Rev.
RICHARD YATES, F.A.S. at St. Ann's Church, Suho;
and the ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL will be celebrated
on the 15th of the fame month, at the London Ta.
vern.

Como c—The valuable Hand of Curacoas
though fmall, is of very great importance on account
of its fituatiun, and the fafe, ltrong►, and capacious
harbour which it contains ; the belt, without excel).
tion, in the whole Welt Indies. A very extenfive
track of the Spann coal}, from the city of the Ca-
raccas to the I ithrngs of Panama, lies under the reach
of this ifland, which has, moreover, this advantage,
that it is out of the range of the hurricanes. The
exports from Holland to it, previous to the fira of
the late revolutions in the Mother Country, amount-
ed, c9inmuniLus annit, to half a million tierling.
Curacoa has always been of great importance to
the Dutch, who have been very zealous to preferve
it, and to extend its commerce ; many years ago the
Dutch Welt India Company refuted to exchange it
for the Spanith bland of Porto Rico. The fituatiun
of this ifland is of great importance ; notwithaanditig
it lies to the leeward of the Wen India iflands, a
good failing vet Tel may beat up to St. Thomas's, or
any of the adjacent Wands cn the other fide. It
commands the iflands to leeward of it, or fuch as
may be teached with a fide wind, viz. Porto Rico,
Cuba, St. Domingo, and Jamaica. This fmall fpot
is, in every refped, a perfelt military fituatiun.
The commerce formerly took up yearly about so
large (hips, each, on an average 300 tons, and the
annual quantity (hipped from Holland amounted
yearly to near 500,0031. the returns nearly don:)le
that film. The exports from Holland confined of
German and Dutch linens and checks, Ealt India
goods, woollen and cotton tnanufaetures, fpices, iron•
tnongery, building materials, &c. and many other ar-
ticles for the cafe and luxury of the inhabitants and
Spaniards. The imports to Europe are indigo, coffee,
fuga!, hides, cotton, dye•wood, tortoifethell, verinas,
and Porto itico tobacco, and fometime cochined ;
all articles of neceffity and value.

This Bland contains a population of about 8000
Whites and io,ooo Blacks and Mulattoes, a popula-
tion not to be found in any of the other Welt India
Muds.

The following (hocking cataßrophe happened on
Mi;nday night : —Mrs. &mum', the wife of an At-
torney, in Poland-tireet, Oxford-Rreet, was fitting
al..ne in the kitchen of her houfe, waiting the arrival
of her h !band, after the reit of the family had 'me
to bed. itb..ut o'clock, a Gentleman who lodged
in the hook, was alarmed by a fmell of burning,
which induced him to go down Hairs : on opening
the kitchen door, he difcovercd Mrs. S. lying by the
fire place, with her clothes completely burned. She
remained alive until five o'clock yelterday morning,
in extreme agony; during which time the was fenfible
and took leave of her family. She was above forty
years of age, and has left a fon and four daughters.
THIRTY THOUSAND POUND Plum—The Ticket
No. 12,283, as Ftrtt-drawn this morning, entitled to
Thirty Thoufand Pounds, vas fold at Millis. HA-
ZARD, BURNS, and Co.'s Office, Royal Exchange,
in otie Half and eight Sixteenths, where every Ca-
pital Prize in the prefent Lottery, except one to,oool.
No. 21,295, has been fold in Shares, viz.
r 2,283 - £.30,e00
14.493 • • zoom
23,81; . to.oco
846 - - 5,000

1.117' lATELLIGENCE.

CONSISTORIAL COURT OF CANTERBURY.

Mr. Wits. w rervwed his application to the Court
br a Mandamus, to be diteeed to his Grace the At ch-
biihop of Canterbury, requiting him to Wire his fiat
to the Vicar General and Archdeacon of Arches,
•ommanding them to admit Dr. Nicholas highmore
at praaile as an advocate in the Confillorial Court.
The Vicar General had betore refufed to admit Doc-
tor Highmore, on the grounds of his having formerly
l.•en in Deacon's orders, contrary to the charter.
The Learned Counfel proceeded to (late the cafe of
the King v. Oxenden, and various other authorities,
to (hew that this cafe cam: within the jut ifdktion of
the Court of King's Bench ; hut their Lordihips were
of a contrary opinion, and rattled the application.