Star.
London, England, 1803-02-12 00:00:00

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Yefterday a Court of Diredors of the Eaft India Company
was held at the India Houle, which adjourned to Wednefday
next. The new (hip, the Prince of Wales, lately launched by
Mr. Meftaer, for the Company's fervice this feafon, is configned
to Bombay and Madras. and is ordered to be in the Downs on
the 29th of March next. Captain John Price is appointed to
command bee.
AU the extra Gips taken up this feafon are now difpatched,
.xecpt the Huddart and the Union ; the former is deitined to
St. Helena and Bombay, and the latter to Madras ; they arc
both appointed to be in the Downs on the 23d inftant, About
'which time they will be dlfpatcbed.
Captain Miliken Craig, of the Company's fhlp Elpkinftone,
lately difpatched, has ►een permitted by the Court of U redoes
to touch at Madeira, for wine, in his outward-hound paffsge
to Bombay.

The Advice, Stowell, from Lancerota to Cork, (prang a
leak, after being three days at lea, and is returned to the (aid
Ifland to repair.
By the Minerva, a Botany Bay Alp, arrived off Dover, we
are advifed that the extra Ai s, Lord Eldon and Minerva, out-
ward bound, arrived at the Cape the soth of 06tober 14ft, and
the Skelton Caftie the ssth of that month. The Lord Eldon
was getting under way the 4th November, and the Skelton Cat-
tle on the toth was aoly waiting a fair wind to put to lea,

Part of the Duchefs of GORDON'S fuite arrived in
town lait night from Paris, and her Gracc is ex-
peeled in the courfe of a few days.
The ice is now fo (Iron; in Hydefark, that a
waggon might pafs over it.
Mrs. Esr en is engaged for twelve nights at the
Edinburgh 'Theatre, for which the is to receive
fix hundred guineas and a clear benefit ; after
which the is to perform for the remainder of the
feafon at Covent• Garden Theatre, for which the
is to receive two thoufand guineas.

Mrs. IncireaLD'S tranflation of The judgment of
Solomon, which wit to have been brought forward
at Covent Garden Theatre, under the title of An
Ancient Story, is, it feems, to be laid afide. The Voire
of Nature, a tranflation of the fame piece, having
been already before the public, the die& is, of
cootie, foreflalled, and the latter, we find, is to
reprefented at Covent Garden Theatre, with new
fplendour of (cenery.
Thurfday the prifuners, who nand committed
for felonies, were removed from the feveral gaols
in the city of London aid county of Nliddlefez,
to Newgate, in order to take their trials at the
earring &Mons ; which commence oil Wednef-
day neat, at the Seflions•houfe in the Old Bailey.
An epidemic difordef continues to rage in Pat is.
The number of deaths in the het month was the
?uadrople of that in January tfloz.—This diforder
is a catarrhal cough, accompanied by fever and
(pitting of blood. Several Phyficians ordered
bleeding; but this, in almoft every instance, proved
fatal. The common people there call it "la Gripe,"
and attribute the contagion to the perfons return-
ed from St. Domingo.
A fingular plicenomenon was lately obferved in
the parith of Noa Kopparbarger, in the province
of Dalecarlia, in Sweden. At two hi the morn-
ing the moon, at its full, was feen furrounded by
a black circle, inclofed in a circle of blood red.—
From the call and weft fides of the moon feveral
rays efcaped, which were prolonged to the circles,
where two funs appeared didinAly, the one in the
eaft, and the other in the welt, having the colours
of the rainbow, and emitting perpendicularly to-
wards the horizon rays of light. It, the heavens
was fern a rainhow,which touched the circle round
the moon, and on the fides of rc hid, were alto two
funs of the fame form as the other, but of a pale,
colour. This plgenornenou embraced nearly the
whole horizon, and continued for fome time.