Star.
London, England, 1803-05-31 00:00:00

EAST INIDA SHIPPING.

We have the ticafure to announca the Isle arrival in the Downt
of the Honourable Company's Chip the Canton, Captain rbomas
Lughinvon, who failed from China the 4th a- January, in company
of the Marquis of Ely, Captain Andrew Homey, and left there
the Cuffutll., Captain Charles B. Cotton ; and the Neptune, Cap.
t .in John Roddie. The Canton and the Marquis of Ely arrived at
the Wand of St. Helena the 3 t It March, and failed the sth of April;
the Purfer left the Chip off Demote on the sgth inft at fix o'clock
the Pilot was then on board, aid the Chip under fall for her moor-
ings. The Marquis of Ely failed from St. Helots two days before
the Canton. and is hourly cape led to arrive. he City of Lon-
don, Captain S. Lacdon, nu:ward boned, arrived at St. Helena.
t'e 4th of April. The Royal George, Captain John Fain Timing.
had left St. Helena, for Bencoolen, before the Canton arrived at
the Wand. The Betfey, Forger, whaler, was at St. Helena, and
expedted to fail the 6th of Avil.
Letters have been received from Captain Craig, of the Cant.
pony's Ship Flphinfione, dated at Madeira the zbrh March, all
well; the arrived there on the 13th, anal was expedted to ha Bar
the Cape of Good Hope on the firft mentioned day.

The prefs has been particularly hot along the
water.file laa night and to-day. Several of the holi-
day faks were taken from the min of their merri-
ment, and fent on board a tender.
A few days ago a number c f carious remains of
antiquity arrived at Portfmouth, in a tranfport from
Egypt ; they are the property of the Earl of Cavan,
and were put on board a vend to be conveyed to his
Lordfhip's feat at Fawley t among them are the fol.
lowing :—A cafe containing Mummies of an an.
cient Egyptian family, viz. a male, female, and
two children, the gentleman meafured five feet nine
inches in height, and as the upper half of the body
had been ftript of the linen fwathes, we could difeern
the Beth, the nails of the fingers, and even the
features very diflinaly, the arms were bent upwards,
croffing each other on the breall, the fingers of
the right hand touching the left (boulder, and the
left hand clenched as if holding fomething. The
lady meafured five feet fit inches in height, and
the infant children about twenty-two inches; there
were alto mummies of an Ichneumon, a dog, two
hawks, two owls, and fit Ibis's, Come of which were
in covered urns of red earthen ware • another cafe
contained a complete mummy with the external cafe
beautifully painted with hieroglyphics ; and fevetal
cafes in which were a bun of Ifis, a large in grey
granite, a large flab of whitifh granite, with hierogly-
phics cut in bats relief; a breken farcophagus in black
granite, and many antique fragments of marble por-
phyries,jafpers, agates,andmaffes of the various rocks
of Upper Egypt, which will be highly interening to the
mineralogitt, as well as ,muting to the antiquarian ;
a perfee farcophagus of red granite, its infide di.
mentions are fix feet fix inches long, two feet four
inches wide, and one foot fix inches deep—a large
column of red porphyry ; alibi a bowl of red Annus
intended for the Loan Mayo& of London ; its out.
fide dimenfions near fix feet, it is cut out of the bale
of a Corinthian column, the-mouldings are very per.
feet, and the whole height of the column muft have
been about 54 feet; this will be a fuitable piece of
furniture for the Egyptian Hall of the Manfion Hoofs.
From the fame tranfport was landed at the Gam-
wharf, a brats cannon, being the identical one which
was captured from the French while on its pelage to
St. John d'Acre, and which Sir SIDWIT 13111T11 to
very opportunely mounted on the walls to receive
the treacherous Corfican, who was repaired and com-
pelled to return to Egypt covered with theme and
chagrin, and now he may know that the very fame
gun is in the fortifications of Ponies ready to receive
him, we troll with the fame (twee's, Mould the ty-
rant's ambition prompt him to attempt a eifit to the
&kith More.

The new piece produced. for their(' tirne,laß night
at the Royal Circus, met with the moil unbounded
applaufe. The fubjea is taken from the popular tales
of the Germans. and the title of it is ivrer ; it
abounds with a great variety of feenie effea. and is
happily managed throughout. The mu& isextreuse•
ly pleating ; the fcenery grand and pieurefque. and
the dreites merit the higheft apprnbation.
The New Panorama of Edinburgh. and the for
Country. exhibiting in Spring Gkrdens, is
one of the firft paintings of that kind ever Sewn in
London. The Sea is a maller-piece. and is sot even
equalled in the works of the great makers. The
Shipping are fuperior to any thing we ever raw. The
Landfcape is wonderful, piftureftre and extenfive.—
profpea can be finer or more intereitings.the Bay
of Naples not excepted. The Anil} is a Mr. San.
osas, of Edinburgh, a yours man whole genius
land abilities art amply cd in this aUtIOVA
effort of his pencil.

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