Star.
London, England, 1803-12-26 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

Bort e arm w. Dac. P9.—l embrace the opportunity
of a veffel's failing to•day for England, to give you,
agreeable to promife, the belt information in my
power.—By tome of the Englifh papers, which I
fometimes fee. I perceive there are doubts of the in-
valion of England. For the fake of your country, I
fincerely hope this fentiment does not prevail, fbr it
is a great error. Be not deceived by what are termed
impoffibilities to encounter on the part of the French,
in their attempt at invading you, nor (what you feem
to think fo much of at prefent) the circumflance of
their not having made any attempt, after fo much
boafting. Thew preparations for invading England
have never relaxed for a fingle day in this country ;
in that way, indeed, they are beyond their promifes.
They are as fanguine and as certain of fuccefs (I
mean the French) as ever, and you may depend on
it the attempt will be made, and in a molt formida-
ble (lupe.
• Their preparations and extraordinary exertions are
much beyond the aimate I fometimes fee in the
Englith Prints. In the arm • I refided in here,
there were no lefs than 107 large boats laid down on
their Rocks, on the fief day of Auguft laR. Thefe
velfels were every one launched into the water by the
firil day of Oaober. Their method is, to complete
the wads as high as the water's edge, while oo the
flocks, and then launch them, for others to complete
while afloat; when they lay a lecond let on the fame
Mocks, which fecund at is juR now completed. Dur-
ing this period they have alto built no lefs than
twelve large veffels, like frigates, in the fame place.
The utmolt expedition is ufed by the workmen, and
as foon as a Terre' istigged, the is filled with necef-
fary fibres, and immediately forwarded by the canals
to one of the places of general rendezvous.

Every thing tends to thew that Fluffin will be
one of the principal places of rendezvous for the in•
'siding army t for though the Britith cruisers can
prevent vac's entering Boulogne, they cannot touch
the hundreds, nay thoufands of Tails that are daily
twinning to Flufhing, by means of the canals and n-
un, from Amflerdam, Ghent, Louvain, Bruges,
Malines, Dendermond, Antwerp, Rotterdam, Dort,
and twenty other places in the United Provinces.

In England you have expelled the Invader from
the gay he iffued his threat, not confidering the ne-
cellity of preparation firß ; and from delay, you be-
gin to conclude the danger pall—very different is
the fentiment here :—We fee that fyllematic and tin-
sclued exertions have followed determination, and
that every day ripens it for execution.—One of the
chief requilites, however, for this great expedition,
is very terioully felt, namely, failors ; fur it is a
faa, that the tailors at this place refufed to take the
finifised rails to Flufking. until they bkd obtained
a certificate from the Government that they mould
not be detained there for the expedition, but thould
return to their families, which certificate was indi-
vidually granted. Every veffcl has one large can-
non, and force two or more, on board, with a quan-
tity of oar-.

• Some of t'se ftreet• Is Rotterdam are very large, with male
sorting iu the middle.

The following ridiculous article is extratted from
a Dutch Paper, under the head Hague, Dec. i 6 :
When the FIRST CONSUL was at Boulogne, he paired
in an risen boat before the Britilh frigates that were
firing upon the batteries, and obferved, that the can.
sop from the Englills did much injury to the ram-
parts, while the French guns were unable to reach
the &kills weals : he therefore ordered himfelf to be
rowed on 'bore, and commanded the artillery-men
to pet is a uiple quantity of powder ; he, however,
perceived a reluaance in one of theteti to fire, which
he attributed to an apprehenfion that the cannon
would burst ; the C.ssuL, therefore, with great
moners. (I,fir,l he would (land out of the way,
he b ntf.lf ditcharged the gun, and, with the
.'r.l loot, eartied sway the bowfprit of as Easlith
-,igAtT! !I

LONDON.

MONDAY, DFCEMBER 26

Si. Sr trueN'A DA Y.—Holiday at the Pah& °Skew

PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATURDAY.
Bank Stock 145 s per Cent. '797. 9cra
3 Per Cent. Rid. s4ffi Long Ann. tsi 15-10
3 per C. ConE (but Omnitun 5} 6 dd.
4 per Cent. net 7 Engllib Tickets s3l.
S Per Cam Naertt CooL foe opt. $6 551}

As we conjeauved on Saturday the report from
Portfmonth, of the French and Batavian fleets being
at fea, turns out to have originated in forne millake.
It does not even appear that any order had been lent
to change the deflination of the Cousac EA AZ.
There can be no doubt, however, that the prepa.
rations of the enemy, at the prefent moment, efpe-
cially in the ports of Holland, are fuch as to call for
every precaution on our part, that we may not be
taken by furprise, and we are happy to find, that a
fuitable vigilance and aaivity prevails in every de.
partment, as is plain by the orders ilfued at the dd.
reran ports and arfenals.
The weather has been at times fo very tempelluous
of late, that it would not furprize us to bear that our
blockading fquadrons had been under the neceffity of
feeking (hater in port. Our brave commanders,
however, have as yet been able to manage the mat-
ter otherwife—they fend home fuch individual (hips
as (land in need of any thing that cannot be furnith-
ed where they are. The hiuroraua, of 74 guns,
the MAC,, of 74 guns, and the Conivsitoa, alfo of
74 guns, have arrived at Plymouth from Admiral
CORNWALLI3% fleet, as has the PLANTAGENET, of 74
guns, at Penzance—the latter with difpatches for
government.

There, or other veffels to replace them, will, no
doubt, proceed again, without lots of time, to join
the fleet off Bret. But we are very apprehenfive,
that the hurricane of yefierday may have forced fome
of our Sips from their Ration. While it kited,
however, it was impoffible any fleet from the enemy's
ports could put to fea, the wind being too high for
any veffel to attempt to get out with, and at the
fame:time,from a quarter unfavourable for the enemy.

Our Port Letters of this day are of a cornpletlion
that leads us to eve& lime difagreeable accounts
from the coaft. Had the enemy's flotilla been at lea.
it mull have been totally deftroyed.
Some more of the enemy's boats have failed from
Calais to Boulogne. They were fcen and chaced by
Come of our cruisers, but without much effe&