Star.
London, England, 1803-11-26 00:00:00

MONDAY, NOVEMBER A

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLIBC.K
•• ' '
3 per Cent. Cont. fni money,
Ditto, for Jan. 54t.
Reduced 53{--4 Per Cent. 691:
ON 5 per Cent. 881.--New ditto &pi
Cimsdum 71 diL

PRICE OF STOCKS ON SATORDAy :
3 pa Cent. Red. 53 lnilla Stock 1661
3 per C. Conf. 334.u4 Imp. 3 per Cent. 3:11
4 per Cent. 684 694 69 Imp. Ann. 9 '
5 per Cent. Ann. 873 Otnnium 21 dd.
Ditto, 1797, 841 Englith 'rickets :71. Sa
Long Ann. tsl 9-16 Conf. for ace. 5444
DVILIN, Novsms r a 24.-3 per Cent. Gov. Debensures 2;4.
Cowie of Exchange—Dublin cai London e3l.

By a Gentleman jut arrived from France we are
informed, that all the merchant (hips on the Wellern
coat of France are required to be ready by a given
day, to he employed in the meditated Invariou of the
United Kingdom. Thole which do not obey this
notice are to be confifcated.

Government has received certain intelligence, that
the attempt at invation is to be made immediately,
every thing being ready for that purpofe.
In the mean time, the vigilance of our Govern•
ment, to prevent any milhap from the partial damage
of any of our blockading fleet, deferves high praife.
As the late form may probably have done Come mif
chief, an ewers was yefterday fent o$ to Admiral
CoLrovs at Plymouth, with orders for the Ns ?TIM a,
of 98, and the TERRISLt, of 74 guns, to proceed
with all poffiblc difpatch to reinforce Admiral CORM•
WALLIS'S fquadron off Brea.
It is a Net, that B re has refufed perrnitLon
to the aliens who were fome time fince fent out of
this country, to land in France. The fhip which
conveyed them is now lying at Morlais, with the
whole number fill on board.

Letters of the Stli inflant from Hamburgh flate,
as a 1:01, the French foldiers having flopped come
rice on its way from Lubeck to Hamburgh, on tire
ground of its being Englifh property ; and that 11l
goods are obliged to be accompanied with certificates
of their being neutral property, to prevent their
tenure.

By the !aft conveyance from Jamaica we have
been favoured with a letter, which Oates, that a ru.
moor prevailed there, accompanied by circumaances
which obtained it very general credit, that Come di&
patches from the FIRST CI./..S el. to General Rn.
CII•14111All, who commands the remnant of the
French force in St. Domingo, had been lately Inter-
cepted by one of our eruizers. In there difpatches
Bon AAAAA t is Paid to have informed General Ro-
CIIAMILAU that the French treafury %ens quite inade-
quate to “ furnifh him with any further pecuniary
ftipplies," and that he muff therefore endeavour to
provide for his army in the colony it was appointed
to deferaL
'The mode of railing loch provifion was pointed
out to the General, and the advice cortained fa the

difpatch was, that in order to pretent 14 noify cca•
plaints" or " troublefome claims" at a future period,
to any property he might think it neceffary to ap-
propriate, he fliould take care to have the proprie-
tors" fet afide." The meaning cf the laft dire6on
is very intelligible, and the °Ned is not at all incc,n.
fiftent with what might be expelled from the man
who deliberately ordered that poifon fhould be ad.
miniflered to the wounded compabions of his toil—
the gallant promoters of his glory : nor will any ()he
who has perufed the details' lately publithed in th,!
STAR refpefting St. Domingo, doubt of the readinefs
of BONAPARTE'S military flaves to execute this man-
date. To ufe their own expreilion, it is but fending
the wretched viaims 11 to the Pearl fifhery."
We have quoted the words of the difpatch as Rated
to us by our Correfpondent, for whole veracity we
cannot hefitate to vouch.

On Saturday we mentioned the receipt of intelli.
gence received by the Lifbon Mail, of a dreadful ca.
Lanky having befallen the Nand of Madeira, on the
loth ultimo. We are now enabled to add a few
particulars of this diftreffing event. A letter from
Mr. Stay, our Vice.Cnnful at Lifbon, has the follow.
ing remarkable palfage—‘, The particulars of this ca.
lamity are unknuwn here, as the Governor of May
deira would not Puffer the veffel by which he for-
warded his difpatcbes to convey any private letters."
The following letter was received by a refpedahle
houfe in the City, from Lilbon
a A veffel has Oft arrived from Madeira expel's,
with the dreadful news of Funchal being nearly
wholly defiroyed, on the loth Oftober ult. by a
water-fpout, which fell on the honks with Each force.
as to raze them to the ground. Upwards of one
thoufand perfons pealed, and amongft them art
EngLibman of dininition and his family—his name
is not mentioned.

They write from Madrid and Cadiz, that the
Spanifh neutrality is pofitively ratified."
A private letter to a molt refpeertable Houfe in the
city of London from Mr. Muaitav, formerly Vice
Conful at Madeira, but now' of Liftman, Rates, that
on the night of the 9th of o.9ober left, a torrent
wilted down from the mountains on the town of
Funchal, the capital of the itland of Madeira, with
irrefiftible violence, bearing every thing before it in
its paliage to the fea. The bed of the river not
being capable of containing this increafe of water,
overflowed on each fide to a confiderable extent,
and (wept away three of its bridges, and a meg;
Pificent church. Manfions, warehOufis, inhabitants,
cattle, and effeEts of all forts, were indifcriminately
involved in this refiftle(s element, and hurried to
the ocean. The ftreets of two-thirds of the town
were completely inundated ; in molt places the water
reached to the firft floor. The darknefs of the night,
the'rufh and roar of the waters, the cries of the fuf,
ferers; the terror of all, formed fuch a Irene as may
with great difficulty be conceived, lint-mocks all
powers of defcription. Towards morning, however,,
the violence of the torrent abated ; and towards the
noon of the next day had nearly fubfided: Everf
exertion was now made t 6 afcertain the extent of the
mifchief, and to relieve the diftteffes of thofe to whom
relief could be given.
But here our information, owing to the Governor,
who would not fuller the difpatch of. private
privat
letters, ceafes to bE e particular ; one aglifh family
alone, of the name of Tartocx, are Paid to hay?
Coffered.

The friends of Mr. Coca, the Vice Confal, will re•
joice to hear, that although his hr;ufe and gores were
entirely fwept away, yet that he and his numerous
family have all, though with extretne difficulty, remit
providentially efcaped. Nor is there mention of an
r
other Engla family having fuliered in the flights
degree.

' Mr. SIM'S letter Rates generally the number of
inhabitants who perifbed to have been about a thou-
fand ; Mr. Mostar% much lefs ; In that, if we fup-
pofe the whole number to be about Goo of 700, it will
probably be near the truth.
The Taft aggregate of water is conjeftured to have
been produced by the Writing of a water-fpout in the
mountains ; for although it had rained on the day
of and on that preceding the event, yet the quantity
which had fallen was not at all fufEcient to produce
fueh a flood. A pretty confiderable village, which
lay in the courfe of the torrent, is laid to have bees
entirely defiroyed ; among whole inhabitants the
Britith merchants at all connelted or acquainted with
Madeira, will particularly have to lament Mr. Tat-
as, a Merchant and Proprietor, of the greatell inte-
grity and private worth.
The fchooner which failed for Li(bon from Fun-
chal, 17 days after the event, was only eight days
on its patine ; the pAckct from Lifbon to Falmouth
fourteen.

Funchal is of confiderable extent, with magnificent
public buildings (particularly the Cathedral, the
Monalleries, and the Governor's Palace) a confider.
able and advantageous trade, with the population of
about fifteen thoufand fouls. Thera ire between thrt-e
and four hundred natives of the United Kingdoint
fettled there, of which the Scotch are by far them=••l
numerous. The Dritifb fallors, including merchw.is
from all the three nations, confitts of twelve to :Lu•
teen of the principal mercantile houfes, and is tl :::y
refpalable from iu probity, eatenfive &Zit& a-1.1
its wealth.