Star.
London, England, 1803-01-26 00:00:00

WILTS AND BERKS CANAL.

The Shares in the Optional Loan, which the
fhortnefs of the timeallowed prevented the original
Subfcribers from fccuring, have been brought, ac-
cording to a folemn engagement, to public fate.
All were bought at a premium, and three times
the quantity would have been greedily bought up.
—The old Shares, which bear no interefl, are un
der par ; but very few are ever feen in the market.

Yefterday the Duke of YORK vifited their MA-
_terries and his Royal Sifters, at the Queen's
Houk, as his Royal Highnefs has daily done, fince
the indifpofition of his MAJESTY and the PrincetTes
Sarnia and AUGUSTA. A great number of the
Nobility alto left their cards, and made enquiries
after their health, and we are happy to fay the
anfwers were, they were much better. About three
o'clock Mr. ADDINGTON arrived, and had a long
audience of the KING.
His Royal Highnefs the Commander in Chief,
it is laid, has it in contemplation to eftablifh the
following regulation :—On felling. a Commiflinn,
the Officer, whole property it is, is to fend in his
refignation to the Commander in Chief, who will
offer it, at the regulation price, to the oldeft Officer
of nest inferior rank to the perfon retiring. Should
he not have it in his power to purchafe, it will
then be offered to the reft downwards, and want
of means in any inftance can never be a detri-
ment to any Officer but at that immediate time,
as the fame offer will be made on every fubfequent
occafion of a refignation. This regulation will
have the doubly good effea, of preventing men,
who have Peen no fervice, from obtaining rank in
the army by the power of money only, and of
doing away entirely the neceffity of employing
army-brokers.
Letters from Lifbon, received b the Owners of
the Lord Nelfon fchooner, dated January 5, Rate
her fafe arrival there ingood condition,with acargo
of pepper, pilchards, &c. for Venice and Naples,
for a market. She failed the 28th of November
laft, and has been ever fince beating about the Bay
of Bifcay, trying. to gain the Straight in the moil
tremendous hurricane and mountainous feat ever
ken by the oldeft feaman on board. Captain C.
thought it prudent to bear away for Lifbon, w here '
he arrived Cafe on the sd inftant, all well, with a
great number of veffels of different de ft inat ions and
nations, fome in damage, all waiting a wind to
pufh through the Gut of Gibraltar.
Extra& of a Letter from Kingfton, Jamaica,
dated the a tft November, received by the mail of
yefterday
We have jolt received letters from Cape Fran-
cais, and Port-au-Prince, with news of the death
of General LseLsac, after a few days illnets.—
That event appears noways unfortunate for St.
Domingo, as there feems now to prevail more
fpirit and more confidence in Rociiessat•o, than
in the late Chief of the Government. This new
General has ellablifhed a defenfive plan, which is
to be kept till the arrival of the espeßeci reinforce-
ments. Saint Marc is not to be evacuated, as Li-
cLutc bad ordered it. CH RISTOPHI and Dr sse- '
Lines are with the brigands, but they will not
venture any more before the gates of the Cape,
fince their laft defeat, and as they cannot at pre-
fent depend upon a party in their favour in that
town, nor in Port-au-Prince, two tiouland doubtful
slaw baying beat, en both placer, trallported to the
Sea (Isparta ala Ater) ; amongft whom were all
the ci•ekvant black guides of the General in Chief,
and of fome other European Generals: befides,
fome Generals and Officers known by their Repub-
lican principles, have been embarked for France.
•• General DUGUa' and three of his Aides du-
Camps, poifoned themfelves after the difcovery
which was made of a plot for placing themfelves
at the head of the Blacks, and overturning the ad-
miniftration of La cr. sec. The greateft difTention
prevails in the army, where Jacobinifm has a great
influence. The fyftem is now a total extertniwtion,
which is a meafure deemed neceffary for recoil.
quering the foil.
" The plain of the Cul de Sac is untouched :
there the negroes, cultivators, Orme& the planta-
tions. The mountains of Grand Bois and Mira-
tidal' are preferred, and have a French garrifon.
The Southern part is maintained by a very aftive ,
vigilance and vigorous meafures. The Black Ge•
neral, LARIT'S!, is there the Commander in Chief,
to the great fatisfattion of the inhabitants, who
preferred him tothe French GeneralDassu asAu
who has been embarked and fent home. LA.
FLUKE is the only Black Chief who now has a
command; but he willies to go to France, and he
will obtain a paffport for that purpofe. Nothing
intere fling is expeaed till the arrival of frefh troops
from France."

Other Letters from Jamaica, dated Nov. 2;th,
Rate the accounts from St. Domingo, received
there, to be particularly difireffing to the French
fleet and army. Previous to the death of General
LECLERC, he difarmed the whole of the 6th regi.
ment of men of colour for cowardice, and at-
tempting to join the Brigands, and with their wives
and families had them conveyed on board an old
tranfport, which was fcuttled and funk. The
whole harbour was foon filled with floating
dead bodies, the poifonous Rench arifing from their
putrid Rate, and the heat of the weather. occa-
fioned dreadful mortality both afloat and on more.
In one French frigate lying in the harbour, out
of 270 men, 200 died in lix week:. Every day
boats full of dean bodies were ken drawing to-
wards the (pore. The letter, which is from an in-
tell;gent Officer, rays, the French Officers pub-
licly declare their affair of the conqueß of St.
Domingo is very fimilar to the unfortunate bu-
fincfs of Q!iberon, with the emigrants, in 1795.

JRALAND.

DUBLIN, JAW. 22.—We hear that a vacancy via
Chord,' take place by the promotion of our worthy
Recorder to a feat in one of the fuperior Cow ts;
and that feveral Candidates have already fluted.
The Cork Mail Coach was attacked about fir
o'clock on Tuefday evening, the 18th inft. within
3 miles of Clonmell, by five armed robbers, who
fired at and killed two of the horfes, and feverek
wounded the Mail Guard, robbed the coach and
paffengers, and carried off the bags of letter:,
which were difpatched firms the General Poll-
(Ace, on Monday the 17th infl. for the fullowit.ti
Poft-towns, viz. Carrick-on Suir, Cafhel, Caale-
martyr. Clogheen, Clonmell, Dungarvan, Fer-
moy, Killworth, Lifmore, Ratlicormuck, Tallow,
Tipperary, and Youghall. The Poßmafters Ge-
neral have offered a reward of tool. f•ir the ap-
prehending and conviaing any of the perfons con-
cerned 11
in the above robbery.
An attempt was made onThurfday night to roi)
the Northern Creech near Diugh:da, but G. EI
-
guard making a fl irited refitlancc, the mail r..:st
cart led f rward in fafety.

Tuefday morning lafi, the Newry Fly was flop-
ped about two miles from that town, by fevcral
armed men, and every article of value taken from
the palrengers.
WATER/ORD, JAN. IB.—Sunday eight boxes full
of dollars, laved out of the wreck of the fhip Moya.
lately 101 l at Bonmahon, were brought into this
city, and lodged in the Cullom-hook flares.
LIMERICK, JAN. lg.—Saturday, General Palma
arrived in this town, and took on himfelf the com-
mand of this Garrifon.

On Monday laft, the Right Hon. WM. Wict-
it Al 4, accompanied by the Solicitor General, and
Mr. FLINT, his private Secretary, arrived here to
obtain the moll fatisfaaory information refpeaing
the origin, nature, andteadency of the difturbances
in this county, and to apply to them the moll
mediate and effeEtual remedy.
extotts as, Jaw. 19.—Laft night, betwen feven
and eight o'clock, His Majesty's mail was (Lopped
within four miles of this town by five men : the
two foremoft horfes were killed, and the guard re•
ctived a flint through his arm, which paffed alfo
through his body, and the unfortunate man was
brought in here on a car, with little hopes of his
recovery. When, in confequenee of an attack fo
well preconcerted and executed, the coach was in
the power of this banditti, it is fcarcely necelfary
for us to add, that its valuable luggage was the
objeEt of their booty. Every bag, except only that
to Colic, which efcaped, as we fuppofe through
accident, was carried off, together with the blurt-
derbufs and piftols from the guard. The robbers
being themfelves embarraffed in unharneffing the
wheel horfes, forced the coachman to difengage
them, and after packing their plunder in the large
mail bag, galloped off.
From an expreffion which dropped from one of
thefe ruffians afterwards, we fuppofe one of' the
(hots fired by the guard (and lie fired three) took
effea—for when they had rifled the coach and a
solitary palfenger, they made him and the coach-
man more than once to go on their knees, threat.
ening them with inftant death, ,one of them ex-
claiming," you wounded me, I'll fettle you now."
From the palfengers they took a bundle of clothes,
his money, watch, and hat, of which they after.
wards returned the two latter articles.

Mathew Loneigan and Thomas Naghten wow
ye'lcrday evening committed to the county gaol.
by t 1 Right Hon. Earl DONOUGHMORT, on fuf•
picion of being privy to the murder of John Fitz-
gerald, of Ardmote, on the night of Wednefday
the t 2th inft. on the road between Newcaftle and
Cappoquin.
We are happy at being authorifed to Rate, that
the Nobility and Gentry refident in this country.
feeling a juft abhorrence of the difturbances which
have lately prevailed, and of the atrocities which
are always the certain confequences of fuch dif-
orders, are determined to affemble at Tipperary,
on Wednefday the 26th inft. to accompany from
thence the High Sheriff to the Glen of Aherlow.
in order to tnanifeft to the deluded numbers, who
Rand in need of fuch admonition, that they are
unanimoufly and decidedly refolved to fet their
faces againft all violators of the public peace.

This day about one o'clock, a man of the name
of Bran O'Meagher O'Ryan, from the neighbour-
hood of Nine•mile-houte. was brought in here by
THOMAS PiNDERGAST, Efq. on Rrong fdpicion of
being one of the party, who robbed th.: Mail Coach
lag night.—The villains in their hurry overlooked
nine parcels, containing bills on this town and
Cork, to the amount of a thoufand pounds and
upwards.

His MAJESTY has ordered that a wall be bu:lt
round that part of Kew Palace oppofite Brentfend,
6.0 feet in length, and 28 feet in height.
A letter from Bruffels (late:, that the Auflrian
Government has appointed a Commillioner to re-
pair to London, to fettle with the &kith Miniftry
every thing neceffory relative to the liquidation
of the Loans controlled in England, on account
of His IMPERIAL MAIRSTY, which were fecured On
different branches of the public rever ne of the Low
Countries, as alto on the Domains of the Crown.
A report has been received in town, that fonie
time ago a French trading veir,:l was feited by
GMEZZAR. PACNA of Acre, the cargo
and the crew put into irons. The Fir CONSUL
made a very humble application to him, through
the Ottoman Porte, for the deliverance of the
ple ; to which he is laid to have rerlitd, that, as
8014 AAAAAA 111 a made war up,in him at the time
when he was at peace with the Porte, he could
not nJw yield to ony requeft of his, by any other
means than a Minifler fent dirs.:Cy to Acre from
the French Republic to recognize his indepen-
dence, and to treat with him for peace. It is be-
' lived that the FIRST CONSUL %sill not fail to asi
'upon the invitation thus given ; and that a neg.-
elation h will opened with GNLSEtE PAC.IA, :55
with a Sovereign Prince—in nn:, no means wiij
be overlooked to get a footing in Ez?pt 1

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

MAILS THIS DAY—WIND N.
Anivirs....l Dublin, i Jamaica. None aut.

FALMOUTH, JANUARY 23.

Arrived late fail evening the hired brig Regu-
lator, Capt. RIDMAH, from Tortola, in 25 days,
with the Leeward Iflands Mails, which were in-
t Ended for the LADY HobART packet ; but that
veffel, on her arrival at Barbadoes, found, by the
fealcd orders the carried from hence, the was to
fail immediately for Jamaica, which fhe accord-
ingly did. The paffengers by the Regulator are,
cape. KARR, and Mr. BUSH.
Arrived this day the American fhip Felicity,
Capt. SMITH, in 35 days from Alexandria, with
tobacco, &c. for Cowes, with thelofs of fails, and
very leaky, and the brig Venus, Capt. Toxin, from
Tencriffe, for orders.

Arrived alto the AUCKLAND packet, SCHUYLER,
with the mail from Jamaica, which the left on the
sBth ult. There were lying there his Majeay's
(hips GOLIAK, SANTA MARGARITTA, WOOLWICH,
and Gyp s sy.—On the 28th ult. in hat. 3z. o. long.
159.56. fhe rarther ftern on the wreck of a large
fhip, bottom upwards, and carried away her cat.
water, the packet then going at the rate of (even
knots an hour ; in confequence of the Block fhe
received, every man was carried off his legs ;
fortunately no lives were 1011, nor was any other
injury done to the fhip—it blowing very arong
they could not make say further difeovery. On
the 3oth ult. (poke the fhip Mary, of and from
Greenock, bound to Norfolk in Virginia, then in
lat. 34. 54- long. 67. 56. out 42 days, all well;
and on the toth intl. in lat. 44. 36. long. 31. (poke
the Betfcy, of and bound to London from Jamaica,
all welL The AUCKLAND brought no pallingers.
His Majefty's fhip CERBERUS failed on the 7th
uk. from Jamaica with the mail fur England.