Star.
London, England, 1803-02-08 00:00:00

TUESDAY, FEBRUARYS.

PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CI.OOK
3 per Cent. Red. 7I 701
3 per C. Conf. meney, ice. 7ci 71
New c per Cent. to3ii--Old s per Ctn.. rcc:l.
Ontniurn dn.
PRICE Oc STOCKS YESTERDAY:

Bank Stock :nal Stock a : a.l for the ?cc.
3 TKr C. Kett 71 t Inv. 3 per Cant. Gy H.
3 per C. C. nf. ,cll Imp. Ann.
4 per. Cent. Conf. 8(11- 871 Excheei. Bills. par. ts. d;C
f per C.AIIII. 1G.:.4 01111 HUM 4; dif.
5 per C. 17)7, 103 ti Lottery 'rickets 171. t 73.
Lung Ann. to 7-10,- Conf. fur ace. 7oi 711
Duni IN, FCB‘I.I/111Y 2.—STOGN EXCHANGE.
3i por C. Gov. Leh. 84-5 per Cent Guy. M0).99
t.:ourfe of Etch:ate—Whim on London t ti t 2.

A Mail arrived this morning from Holland,
which, however, brings nothin, new.
The CHANCELLOR of the Excii E ER obt;iined
!cave yefterday to bring in a Bdl for continuing
the rellrailit upon the Bank.

An angmentationove has been made
to die Sala ie, of hi, Mai Es TY'S Etwerriei, a mea.
fore which it is to hoped will extend to all the. Of.
fivers Of his Mai F STYP., Stables, in the Department
of the Mailer of the Mule.
Mr. li. A onir. cram arrived at his houfe at
Whitehall on Saturday lall. He inhabits the hoof.:
lately occupied by Lord GLENBEIVII, as Joint
Paymafler of the Forces.
Lady CASTL ER F AGM left town yeflcrday for the
Hon. Mr. By tic's feat, for a few days.
The anniverfary of the birth-day of Bueiss, the
celebrated Scottilh Poet, was celebrated with great
refped in die room where he was born at Alloway,
in Ay:l/lire, a few days ago, when an Ode, corn-
poled for the occafloa, was recited. It feems by
a reference to the Parith Regifter, that the Bard
was horn on the 25th of Januar); 5759, and not on
the 29th, as hitherto imagined.
The paragraph which was copied frm a Ja-
maica Paper, flitting thedeath of Dr. BLAIR, proves
to be unfounded, as letters have I cen received from
that Gentleman dated the 13th of December.
The new palace at Kew is rot expeded to be
finiflied for five years, when the expences, it is efli.
mated, will amount to nearly half a million of
money : the mere (hell, part of which only is
completed, colts 1 50,c001.
The joills fur the flooring are formed of call
iron, the ceilings are to he compored of the new
flacco, and the better ro obviate any accident from
fire, iron is fubflituted for wood, on every poflible
occafion.

The wing, comprifing part of the offices, is built,
and the whole is to be furroutided by a wall thirty
feet high.
The French official flyle has &en changed
within the laa few days : the Arts of Government
tiled to commence thus—" The Coati's of the Rc•
public decree, &c." It is now," The Government
of the Republic decree, &c."
A man named Arnold, at Hengrave, near Bury,
was on Wednefday, fined tool. for having bought
ten pheafants from a poacher.
A few days fence a young Gentleman of the
Univerlity of Oxford:going out a (hooting, at the
end of the Parks lie put-a little powder into his
gun by way of airing the barrel, after he hid fo
done he flung his powder-flatk behind him, with
half a pound of powder in it, as he fuppofed ; firing
againa the wind the whole of the flails flew to him,
caught the powder &ilk, and blew it to pieces,
knocked the Gentleman down, and a dog that was
by his fide was inflantly killed by the brafs lop of
the flafk ; the Gentleman was not injured, except
that his hair and eye brows were 'a little injure/.
On Friday morning, the 4th of February, a fire
was perceived among the offices of Brockenhura-
Houle, in New Forea. The difctikiery was very
providentially made at the time when the villagers
were diaributing themfelves throughout the pariffi,
to engage in their ufual bufinefs. Affiltance was'
therefore foon obtained, and, in three hours, the
extraordinary and very laudable exertions of the
people wert happily crowned with fuccefs.
Friday evening about five o'clock, a fire broke
out in the Theatre at Daventry, which, together
with the fcenery, &c. &c. was in a very (hurt time
entirely confumed, together with a barn adjoining,
belonging to Mr. WHADDAM, in which was a titian-
tity of unthreflied corn, The fire was occafioned
by a Rove in the dreffing-room.
COVINT CARDIN TNIATIte.—Mr. CABLES, who
lately performed, with increafing fixed's, in the
eharaner of Othello three nights at this Theatre,
appeared yeaerday evening, for the fira time, as
gaffe, in the Tragedy of-Venice Preferwil. His
features not being difgnifed in this part, we were
enabled to notice their powers of expreflion, which
are confiderable, indeed lie fometimes rather
dif-
torts them in attempting to give fixing delinea-
tions of paalon. The create! fault in Mr.Caly ss's
anion is that of flying about from one part of the
(tar to another, quite ay...ay from his immediate
companion of the fcene, and addreffing himfelf too
much to the audience : in his voice alfo there is
little modulation, and his emphafis is often too
arongly placed upon words not capable of fuflaining
it, otherwife he is a prornifing anor, hut we think
at prefent only of the fecund rate.—Mr. COOKE%
Pierre partakes too much of the artful villainy of
his logo to be elleemed a true portrait of the bold
confpirator of Venice. Though he was in tome
paffiges very great, as he is occafinnally in all
things, his performance, upon the whole, was very
unequal : much allowance mull, however, be made
on account of his conaitutional hoarfenef., which
was 'aft night very arong upon him—We never
before remember to have leen his perfon let off to
more advantage by drefs.—Mrs. H. Sibooix's
Belvidera wanted the warmth of colouring which
the charaner requires, otherwife it was an intereil-
ing pertermanee.—Thehoufe was very well attend-
ed, and much applaufe was given to the perfor-
mantic throughout.