Star.
London, England, 1803-10-21 00:00:00

LONDON.

Y'RIDAY, OCTOBER 21.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Confols, for money, 3=j 33
Ditto, for account 53.
3 per C. Reduced 3 I{ 52
4 per Cent. 9oj+-old 5 per C. P6l
Onusium diL
PRICE Of STOCKS YES.I'ERDAY :
Bank Stock to; 139 Short Ann 3
3 per Cent. Red. st} s:if I India Stock t 6:
3 per C. Cori 521511 i Eacheq. Bills par is dif.
4 per Cent. 67H 67 Omntu to 8:t 91
5 per Cent. Ann. 851 rn
86 Lottery Titkva t7l.ts.
Ditto, 1797, 87 ConL for act. 32.153 a
Long Ann. 131}

The intelligence which we announced form time
ago of the capture of St. Pierre and Miquelon, is con-
firmed in the Gazette aloft night.
The news by the Weft India fleet, which has now
arrived, does nut confirm the evacuation of St. Do-
mingo by the French ; but it was looked for every
day when the !hips I eft Jamaica. They (poke an
Englifh frigate on their homewarl bound pottage,
who informed them that two French feventy-fours
Lad furrtndered to our fleet, with Come fmaller Chips of
war and tranfports. The fleet has had a very long
pafrage, nearly thirteen weeks, and experienced Tome
very bad weather ; mad, from the fleet, which con-
lifted of about 130 fail, between 30 and 40 have bet n
ir.-parated by gales of wind coming home.
A Gentleman who left Paris on the sth inflant,
lays, that on the 4th, Bosarsitrs was at Paris and
reviewed a very large body of troops sictlined for the
invaGon of England. He paired from thence to
Holland, which he left on the 13th inn. where, he
adds, there were 4.2,000 men, who would be ready
to embark in the courfe of ten days. Or, the other

baud, advices were received yeflerday from Holland
by Come principal merchants, which reprefent the
boaile preparations in that quarter as frivolous and
contemptible. The stokeno of mifchief, they agree
with us in Rating, is at Brea, and to this point, we
art; well allured, that all due vigilance is directed.
A report was yefterday circulated, that Lord
K 11TH had tranfmitted an account to Government, re-
ceived by a particular channel, that the French troops
bad been ordered to embark at Toulon, but had refuted
to obey. Before we could afcertain the truth of the
report, our Paper was at prefs ; and for the fake (II
thole of our Readers, who were ferved with the

early part of our impreffion, we now re. fate, that
we could not trace the report to any authentic fource•
In fait, it was fettling day in Omnium, and the ru
mour had its intended effeet—it raifed the Funds
nearly one per cent. till the differences were after
talned.
Before the elofe of the Market the Funds fell again.
notice having been received that Government had
Ant an order to the Cuitom-house, not to clear out
any Britifb veilils for Spain or Portugal, until a con•
♦oy Would be appointed—an order which clearly
Proves that Miniiters have received fome intelligence
refpcifling there Powers, that convinces them Britifh
property would not be fate in their ports.
As to Spain, we believe few who have been in the

habit of reading the STAR, will he furprifed to find it
foots ranked among the number of our open enemies
The American trcafure has all come home cafe.—
8010 has no more to hope for on that Imre,
and, we doubt not, has demanded of his Catholic
Majelly the men and (hips flipulated by the Treaty
of 1796. _ _ _

It is now fome time (ince we Dated that Govern
nsent had received accounts, that Portugal had found
itfelf under the necetlity of acceding to what France
chofe to dillate to it, and had agreed to pay a large
Turn of money, in the hope of this way avoiding the
pretence of AVGILILIAU and his followers. We have
reafon to believe. that the Portugucfe will not only

be cheated out of their money, but be obliged be-
fides to maintain a French army, as the Dutch, the
Swifs, and the F.anoverians have been. Biiiith pro
pert! of courfe will be confiscated in that country,
and if we have r.ct fucceeded in bringing away the

effeds of the FaCtory, the amount will be confider-
able..-and in addition to all thi. we than be under
the painful neceflity of treating the helplefs Porto-
guefe as 22 enemy ; as otherwife EON A PARTS would
be able not only to drAve greater refonrces from their
country, but to aid hi. projeCts of invation by em-
barking a part of hi, army from Portugal.
The order not to clear out wilds for Spain or
Portugal, has, we underrland, been fent out to all
the out-posts, but in fad we confider it only as a
prelude to meafures of aarral hofiility, efpecially
againli the former ; and we believe that but few
people will be inaned to think i:s neutrality fhould
have been fn long rel1a by this country. We are
killing to btlieve, however, that Government will
be able to align gii-d realms fur its lot.g forbearance.

By the PIWICLSS 1:111A1liTtl packet, laf from
Halifax, arrived at 1-alni"uth, we have New York
Papers to the Bth ult.
The following article appears to us as the founda•
tion of the reports of 11,e capture of General Ito.
CNAMIEAU

" Captain BIV.WN, rif the fchooner Farmers' 1)c.
light. IL arrived at Philadelphia ; be irdnrrris,
before be failed the Mail arrived at ilarb.idoec, hiririg-
ing an account that the Fiench fl:ct from St. Do-
mingo with _ G Cnet.ll ROC HA MirAlY on board, baj
fallen in with and Lila been taken by tla; llc.t

—that Martinique and Guadaloupe were in a nate of
blockade—the former had been attacked by the Eng-
lifh who were repulfed with lots."

It is with much forrow we have to announce the
furious continuance of the Yellow Fever at New-
York. The following are the returns of the Board
of Health for the fir( fix days of September:

Sept. in, 1 Death 16 New Cafes.
id, 8 ditto 23 ditto.
3d, 6 ditto 29 ditto.
3th, 23 ditto 46 ditto.
6th, 8 ditto ay ditto.
yth,tt ditto 26 ditto.

The inhabitants of New Yoi k are flying in all di•
regions ; the Returns of the Health Committee lave
given an alarm that will not eafily foblide ; in WI,
the City was never half fo mucb deferted as at the
prefect time, fcarcely a white face to be feen in the
City, excepting in Broad-way, which is Rill confidered
a healthy fituation ; though but few will themielves
even there ; it is nearly occupied by Blacks, left in
care of the houfes and areas of their maflers.

A veffel, arrived at New York in eighteen days
from Cape Francois, brings an account that the in•
habitants of Port Republicain had made overtures for
furrendering that Poi t to the Britifh, who had con-
tinued very firongly to blockade it.
There Papers nate the death of Adm. VI CLARET
Joy r use, Governor of Mat tinique, at that ifland, and
likewife of NIELSON, one of the hate prifoncrs con•
fined at Fort George in Scotland during the late war,
as an Irifh Traitor. He died at Pcuglikeepfie, on the
3oth of Augurs.
From the lan American Papers, it is evident, that
the party againft Mr. JEFFERSON, the prefent Prefi•
dent, is very virulent; and •:li, is probably occafioned
by private motives in tome degree, as Mr. JF FFERSON
has not (hewn that democratic difpofition that was
expeeted fince his elevation to the Prefidency. One
great ground of attack, is the high price paid for
Louifiana ; but there is a circumflance that weighs
a good deal, of which they take no notice. The
acquifition of that country will give great additional
value to all the lands on the Weftern territory, which
is equal to three•4fths of the United States, and will
thereby diminifh very confiderably the value of lands
in the Eanern part of America. Wafhington Well;
intended as a central capital, will now be no longer
ro ; and, it is evident, that no great length of time
will be necefrary to render the Wenern country as
opulent and popnlous as that on the Eaft coal' which
is now inhabited. Thole who are intimately 2C-
quainted with American affairs, du not, however,
think that the enemies of the Prefident will prevail.

Yeflerday his MAJESTY, the Duke of KENT, and
Princeffeb ELIZABETH, SOPHIA, and AM k Lan, took an
airing in the Great Palk; her MAJESTY, and Piin-
ceffes MARY, and Sormta, of Gloucefter, vifited
Frogmorc.
Yeflerday about four o'clock arrived at the Duke
of YORE'S Office a moll beautiful young lion from
South America as a prefent to his Royal Highnefi..
It is a noble animal and remarkably tame. A black
man came with it as its feeder, to whom it feems
muc:i a tufted.

Mr. THOMAS SHERIDAN is appointed by the Com-
mander in Chief to a Cornetcy in the Prince's licyti•
ziment, the Tenth Light Dragoons, and goes wish
Lord MOIRA to Scotland, as one of his Loisithip's
Aides de Camp.

Orders have been Bitted for the removal of the hea-
vy baggage belonging to the troops in the Newcallle
diflritt to Hesharn, and to furnifh each man with zo
rounds of ball cartridge.
The greater part of the ammunition and other mi-
litary Mores, has been removed to Chelter-le-lirect,
from Tynemouth.
Fort St. George, Scotland, is to be immediately
fitted up for French pi ifoners.
Sir M. W. RIDLEY has ereacd a battery at his own
expense, at the fouth end of Blyth, facing the Bay,
which is to be mounted with 13 and 24. pounders.
Letters from Liverpool mention, tit.:t a very hot
peels had taken place there 'all Monday.
•A great
number of able leamen were fondled. In the other
ports, in coact:pence of frefh older' from the Admi-
ralty, the fame vigilance ha, been ezercifed in the
imprefs departments, and it is luppoled that our
naval ilrength will be recruited with feveral thou.
lands of uleful hands by the late various arrivals
from foreign ports..
The Third Regiment of Guards had a very grand
field day yellerday in Hyde Park, and made a very
fine appearance.
\refit-relay morning the battalion of Coldllream
Guards, who mounted guard for the day, were each
of them furnitbed with an additional pouch or car-
touch, to hold eighteen earn isfges.
The Magili►.rtes, at the 'all Worcefler Seffions, al.
certained and fettled the average price of labour, in
order to regulate the payments to the wives and fa-
milies of militia men, at the Cum of Is. 6d. per diem,
purluant to the Statute; and, in like manner, the
Court of (barter Seflions have afeertained the cur-
rent price r 7 fuhflitutcs in the Militia and Army of
Referve for that county, at the from of ibi. alts.
Vcilerday morning at four o'clock died, at his
hook in Chcarrtiels. flrect, Gcn. Conic,
he was the olden General in his Mar rsrv's fervicc,
and was remarkable for humanity to his (oldie's; he
has left the hirik of his fortune to the Earl el Hat•
lIMUTi,N'S
IVeJtiefday were interred in t:te Garrifon
Polar:v.llth, the rot...fins of CnkISTOPHFR CUM,
I.:cotenant in tie R. %a; North Gloricefler Mi-
litia, and brother to Sir WM. Getsr, Bart. Captain
13 the fame legoincrit. TLia InJortnuale Gentleman,
hat; not attained bia nit year. m..t with his
death from falling jilt', one of the balor... in tile Dock-
yard, whilst go;nr''~ Lis rounds at •wn o'clock in the
morniag of the 44. ion. from In fe-
MC AU 111IICii, ,s 1 a uccalicat bit s.catir vp tut r3tl3.