Star.
London, England, 1803-10-12 00:00:00

LONDON.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER If.
PRICE OP STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK:
3 per Can. Confols,for money, 53 33*
Ditto, for Nov. 531.
Old 5 per Can. 11511-otrinlam 911 dif.
PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY :
Bank Stock 133 Short Ann. a 1546 3
3 per Cont. Red lndia Stock at
3 per C. Conf. sail Ezeheq. Ellis 3s 0. dl r.
4 per Cent. 640 Ominuen to 91 to dit,
s per Cent. Ann 8514 Lottery Tickets it 1. to.
Ditto, 1797, 871 Conf. for sec. 53ff
Loos Asa 13 544 3461
COURSE OP

EXCHANGE.

Amfterdam j 6 6 s W. Calls pap Naples
Do. at fight g 6 • Ditto 36 d Genoa 46
Rotterdam 16 7 a UL Madrid pap Vimicc 56
Hamblin* 14 5s UL Ditto 36i dLifbon 6s
Alton 34 6 situ. Bilbea 6}cr. Oporto 6s
Pleb I day'a date sa 6 Leghorn so Dublin s:.
Pads - 14 14 $ UL Agio on the Bank of Holland
lloordeamt. ditto 24 14 3} per Cent.
i Dustin, OCTOIIIPII 8.-5 per Cent. Dow. Debentures 8111.
Cowie of Exchango—Dublin on London is a 141 a I'd.

The rumours of (refit negociations for peace, re-
vived in the Paris Papers, on thc authority of letters
from Berlin, have produced but little effea here.—
Indeed, the Parifian Journals thcmfelves do not ap-
pear to have long cherifhed the pleafing dream of
peace : they loon began again to boat of the forward
(late of their preparations, the number of Blips they
have launched, and the determined refolution of the
Great A'at;oss to punifh the modern Carthage! It is
plain, however, that though feveral appointments
have taken place in their naval department, the prin
cipal commands in the invading army have not yet
been announced—a proof that the period for the
threatened invafion is not fo near at band as Come
have imagined.
In the mean time, our different attacks upon the
enemy's pot's mull have, by this time, convinced
them that fomething more than mere gafconade
muff b: employed for the filhjugation of a free and
independent people ; and yet thc attacks that have
been hitheito made are nothing to what they may
expen, %%lien their preparations (ball be deemed in
inch a P..te of forwArtincfs as may make it worth
the trouble and expellee of escenting the plans formed
in corf:quence rf Lard l;.c 11% late Comey of the
French cord. Ncr will our attacks he confined to
the French craft only ; t...e ports of 114.41.uad, from

utence our eaflern eoafls have been threatened, will
have won* to do in taking care of themfelves, in
(lead of executing the mandates of the FIRST CON-
sot. Indeed, by accounts from Holland, it ap-
pears that fevcral attacks have already been made
by our cruizers upon different points of the Dutch
coax, which created no (mall degree of alarm, and
did the enemy fame mifchief, as onr readers will fee
by the following letter, received by the mail of ye&
terday :

BOMBARDMENT OF THE DUTCH COAST.

"HAGUE, OCT. I.

" On the evening before Taft we were fuddenly
alarmed with intelligence that the Englifh had com-
menced a bombardment on the neighbouring filhing
village of Scheveningen. Three companies of gre-
nadiers, which form the honorary guard of the Di-
rettory and the Legislative Body, which is ufttall)'
polled before the hotel Of the latter, were immedi-
ately fent with two pieces of artillery. They were
accompanied by a detachment of cavalry.
" The following are the particulars of the attacks
which the Englifh have made not only on Scheven-
ingen, but on other maritime places of Holland :
"A fhip of the line, with Come gun boats and bomb
vcffcls had been fent from the Englifh fleet in the
North Sea, to dearoy all the vetels prepared for the
tranfport of troops to England. In this attempt,
however, they were but little fuccefsful. On the
morning of the day before yeflerday an Englifh (hip
of the line, with gun boats, appeared before Zand-
voort not far from diaerlem, which fired a number
of (hot againa the former village not without doing
Come damage. General De stones* u immediately
went from Haerlem thither, and a detachment of
dragoons was fent to Zandvoort and another to
Wyk op Zee. About two in the afternoon the Eng-
lith failed away, after having fired about 200 fhot
upon Zandvoort, by which eighteen bodes in the
village were damaged, one flitting boat funk, and
another much (battered. The Engiifb would have
done us much more injury, had not the troops on the
beach obliged their gun boats to keep at a diflance.
A young Dutehman, named Molenaar, had the cou•
rage, dining the firing, to fwim to a fchuyte which
was on file and extingni(h the flames. No perfon
was killed by the bombardment at Zandvoort.
" From the above village theEnglifh failed to Sche-
veningen, firing all the way on all the hinting veffels
on the coati. About fix o'clock they appeared before
Scheveningen. As loon as the (hip of the line, which
was of about 5o or 6o guns, approached the (bore
between Catwyk and Scheveningen, the fent off, un-
der a heavy cannonade, three armed fhallops manned
with 150 men to cut out the fifhing pinks that were
flitting at a little diflance from the village ; but not
being able to fucceed in this, they purfued the (mall
Ming boats that wt re at lea, and endeavoured either
to take them or chive them on (tore. In the mean
time the Englifh fliip of the line kept up a heavy fire
on the village and (hips, with 12 and 24 pounders ;
and the Englilh boats then approached the fhnre to
burn the fifhing pinks ; and as the military detach-
ment on the beach were not able fufliciently to keep
them off, they fucceedcd in letting fire to two of
them, though the flames were afterwards eitinguifh-
ed. The Englifh likewife fired with grape (hot, and
appeared but little to regard the (mall arms which
only now and then reached them. A piece of at.,
tillery which happened to be at Scheveningen was
afterwards brought down to the beach, in bringing
which the inhabitants of the village exerted them-
(elves with great alacrity. This piece rendered very
effeBnal fervice, and the Englifh loon after failed to
the northward, and endeavoured to burn the boats
which had run on theme. Our cam:tamers, however,
followed them, and thole who had landed were loon
obliged to re•embark. The damage done by the
Englilb at Scheveningen was not of much impor-
tance. Betides the Dutch troops, fome French troops
have now arrived there."

On Monday fennight, his MAJESTY, accompanied
by their Royal Higlineffes the Dukes of CLARENCII
and CAMBRIDGE, and his ufual attendants, rode
twice through Egham, to meet his and, lately land-
ed from Hanover. Their Royal Highneffes wore
what is termed the Windfor uniform, but his Majefty
was dreffed in dark blue ; he converted cheerfully with
the Mailer of the Horfe, and his attendants, whom
he accompanied with the horfes to Cumberland
Lodge, Windfor Park, and teemed to teflify the mull
lively fatisfate.lion. that he had even been fortunate
enough to rave his animals from the fangs of an
enemy, who are alike dellitute of humanity both to
the human and brut: fpecies.
Yellerday morning thine two of his MAJESTY'S
ltorfcs, fa urn Hanover, patted through Windl4, on
their way to Cumberland Lodge : the Duke ef CAM-
BRIDGE went part of the way towards Uxbridge, to
meet them. His MAJESTY, and Princefs
attended by Lady PITT. Lord WALSING H AM. fir W.
PITT, General littacourr, and COlOnel‘ Fll 7.40 Y
and DESBILOW, went on horfeback to Cumberland
Lodge, to fee the horfes, foon after they arrived.—
They are very fine animals, and his Maims, was
highly pleated to fee them look fo well.

Princeffes Avcusr• and AMELIA, a'tended by
Lady C. Da MEI, took an ailing in a coach and four
through Q2ten Ann's Walk, and Sawyer's Gate, to
the Fore(' over Sunning ifill, to Blacknefs Gate, and
returned by the Long Walk.

Her MAIF ST Y. and Prtnceires EI-17A1PTH, MARY,
and &rut* of Gkucefic., took an ailing to Frog
more.

The Ctimicsumpe cf the Excituzput Idt t,,wn
:;efterday for his Icitt in Riclmond katK.