Star.
London, England, 1803-12-23 00:00:00

GENERAL CURRENCY AS UNDER:

Wheat, 36•.4 ye. sLe. per qr. SttD.
Fine Ditto, syt sBe.6d. Rape Seed, 331.t0 s// per laft
Rye, 281. 3 ta. Caraway Seed, sp. na. cwt.
Barley,us. ads ed. Coriander. rta. Ice. cwt.
Mak, su. Os. Canary. boo Eta cwt.
Boilers, 441.49 e. Pearls Spa. Wilke Mußard, ys. to Slabs.
Orel Peas ero def. Brown ditto, I. to 16a.
&MS, 3NS. 401. Tars, so. to 7a.
.1* Ditto 31s. 3/s.
Oats, ills. etc 1411. Floe Plw, es sos per full
Poland ditto, a te. 2,6 e. Set,ltle tos. ass.
INSPEC TOR'S RETURN AT UXBRIDGE, DEC. as.
Wbeat per load 111 0$ to tsl 01
Bath, per quarter 11 ee to il se
Ors pre ditto 11 se to 11 toe
Bran, per ditto 11 Igs .N at 21
Peak per dkto 21 tBs to al 2B

DRURY-LANC.—The Opera of Th. F P ci
Hufbards, aided by the fplendtd alter 1 4e I •z•
ravan. attracted a erowded yea.2.l4e
evening.

The audience at Drury-lane Theatre, nn Tic ! t
nght, had a laugh extraordinary. Carle, inrleAt.
carrying away the figure which he had taken out
he water by the fide feene. came nut with it in his
mouth on the front of the nage, where he for f-tne
time baffled all the exertions of BANNssTFa, ant .t
other Performers, to drive him into the right track.
On Tuefday af:ernoon, about two o'clo. It a fit,
boy five years of age. fon of A. Harpers, lan.11o:d of
the White Hart public.honfe, Charles llrect, Drury-
lane, was kalded to death by the maid fervant acci-
dentally letting fall a large copper pan full of isui irg
water quite over him. Tile infant lingered in the
greateit agony.
Yefterday, at noon, a fervent belonging to Mr.
Sit.rtstrra, engraver, of the Strand, was melting
bees wax for the purpnfe of ribbing the furniture,
(he u.;fortunatelv let it boil over, by which accide..t
her cl. thew caught fire, and fhe ran with them in a
blare into the (trees, which were extinguished by a
hrckney coachman throwing hi, box coat or sr her.
The poor girl was fu much burnt as to render is ne-
cefrary to convek her to St. George's Hofpital, v here
The now lies in a dangerous (late.

A man in the employ riMr. Wrcsna, upholflerer,
in the Strand, had a quarrel on Wednefday night
with his wife, •who threw a poker at him. which :raie-
tared his flcull. Two furgerins were immediately
called in, and he underwent the nperAtion .pf trepan-
ning. The wife was carried to Bow-ilreet, and thence
fent to the Houfe of Correflion.

Early yeflerday morning the warehonfe of a ribbon-
weaver, in Wood.(lieet, Cheapfide, was rehbe t of fe.
vend bales of filk, to the amount of :Unix 3 o'. one
bale was picked up in Wood-flew, by a Watch man
about five o'clock.

Tuefday night a hook on Kenningtnn-green was
broke open, and pitte, &c. to the Amount of upwards
of sod. carried off

On Friday a Leaman fell from the yardarm of the
Floralof Blythe, in this harbour, And MA► kilted.

Saturday evening lift, about four o'clock, an alarm
was given that the Cotton Mill in the Gotha!, of
Glafgow. the property of Mars. M'Kaatt• and
WTAGG•RT. was on fire, and fona afterwards the
flames built through the roof, the accident which
cafioned the calamity having taken place in the sp.
per floor. The magiarates both of Outgrow and the
Gorbals with the city engines, immediately repaired
to the fpot : it was evident, however, that there was
no hope of laying the mill, as the fire, from the, in-
flammable nature of the materials with which it was
fed, had attained a great height, and tent forth 'To- •
lames of flame illuminating the whole atmofpltettr
,around to a great digance, and prefenting an'awlullf
fublime fpeetacle. The wind blowing lifting irons
the North, and feveral thatched honks, communicat-
ing with another Cotton Mill, beings the oppviire•
direetion, the principal attention was directed to pre-
vent the fire from fpreadiug in that quarter. About
(even o'clock the fire having made ,its way through
the lower floors, was contained within :he walls of
the original building, and the apprehenlions of its
extending farther ceafed.—lt kill, however, continu-
ed ti born tilt about one o'clock on Sunday morning,
when the front wall fell forward to the flreet with a
tremenduous craft. An unfortunate. boy was killed
on the fpot ; another was to feverely wounded, as to
be fitll in great danger, and feveral perfons were
much bruited, in slid, number were two of the
titl-
diers on duty. Two or three people, we nailetilatlit.
are (till miffing. The back wall fell in about firs
o'clock in the morning. The p• emifes, we are foul
to learn, are only partially infured.
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Intelligence of an unpleafant nature has been re.
mired from the Ifland of Ceylon. A letter from a
Gentleman at Chilou to his friend in Edinbtugh, of
date May 13, lays.-" Yon mnR have heard of the
war againli the Elmo of Cantor, occafioned by his
robbing the Eait India Company. It has not turned
out fo favourably as was ezpeEted ; we have only
made one trifling conqueft. This is owing to a
bad fever that broke oat among the troops in camp.
and fpread through the iflind. About thirty Officers
and twelve Civilians have fa:l:n vitlims to this
dreadful malady. About moo Europeans and
to,ooo natives have died ; but I am happy to add,
that the fever is now abating, and we hope loon to be
entirely free from it."
In another letter dated Columbo, ra.th May, it is
Rated, that the Englifh furces there hid a fevere en.
gagetnent with a part of the Kim; nfCastry's army.
The Mirk of the battle is not mentioned ; but it is
laid that the Englidi have Coffered great Ifs from a
malignant fever and ague prevalent in the iflanct,—
The tgth regiment of foot has 101 l a great number
of men ; the 5t ft regiment s teduced to about 200
ftrong ; and two companies of the 65th regiment
have lull upwards of 50 men, among %%hotel the death
of Capt. au t.oc a is particularly mentioned. The
Eck and wounded are very mamas is the bogie&

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