Star.
London, England, 1803-04-11 00:00:00

DI V MENDS.

April la. Philip Soh, a.. 1 and Thomas Pippo, of Southampton,
nicrehavti. and nerd, at deven, at the Dolphind lun, iu
Southampton.
April ty. Port. Woodward, now or late of King-ftrett,
Cheapfide, Loadois, w.aehoufrotan, at ten, at Guildhall.

BANKRUPT IN IRELAND.
Janie• Nowlin, of Dublin, chandler, to furtendor the zsth
and 16th init.utt, and 12th May.

AMERIC,P4 P.IP.ERS.

We have received the New York Papers and
Letters to the 3d of March, at.which period the
Prelident had ailed orders, purfuant to the rein-
lutions of the Senate, for aliembling the Militia of
1 the United States. In the Kentucky, Teneffee,
I and Millitlippi States, the embodying proceeded
i with uncommon aCtivity. It does not appear by
cthee Papers that Mr. MONROL,ICI had been
nominated to the expollulatory million to Madrid i
and Paris,had,at their Well date, left Wafhington.
One of the bell political writers its America, in
treating on the fubj.ea of Lonifiana, obferves,
1" Will the condutt of France, in what relates to
Louiliana, produce a war with the United States ?
On this interelling fubjea, which is daily agitated,
there are various opinions. It would be very Ilion.
lighted policy in France, if the were to prefs her ;
meafures ft) as to caule a rupture with the United!
States at tins time. The immediate objeft of
French ambition is, doubtlefs, to siefiroy the power
of England ; this dont, they think no °Wade
would remain to tit: elablilhment of their empire
over the civilized world; but a war with the
United States would be likely to produce a dole
alliance with England for common defence, which
would rattier both nations invincible; neutrality,
on the contrary, in the event of a war between
England and France, would virtually place us on
the tide of the latter, to affill in the dellriletion of
theonly power whichcan refill the arms of France."
It is reported and believed by many in Ame-
rica, that France obtained the celnon of Louifiana
by a diplomatic trick—Luctsm BON•PARTE, they
fay, read to the Spanias King one treaty, and
then prefented another for his fignature. The
Power, however, which could defend a fraud of
this defcriptioa, would not cnndefcend to adopt
the expedient, unlefs for the indulgence of conge-
nial propenlities.
By the Ulf official returns of the American Se-

cretary of State, it appears that the Preficlent's
late report on the fubjed of finance, was greatly
erroneous, and that intlead of an increafed reve-

nue, there was in the laft quarter a diminution
from the amount of the one preceding, of no lets
than 1,093,761 dollars ; that the deficiency was
Rill greater comparing it with the correfponding
quaver 'a the preceding year, and that a yet farther
defalcation was to be expeeted in the fucceeding
quarter.
The Corporation of New York has ordered, that
after the sth nit. if any dog be found at large in
any part of the city, the owner Wall ►e fined 25
dollars.

The price of cotton in Georgia and the Caro-
linas, has recently advanced, in confequence of
large orders from England and France; and rice
has rifen to five dollars per cwt. in confequence of
the great demand for that article from Denmark.
Holland, and Germany.
Animal matter, lays the New York Merundile
_ .

Altertyir of the ad ult. has lately been extra ted
from the potatoc. The only animal matter hi-
therto noticed, as contained in vegetables. is the
gluton of wheet: this difeovery, therefore, aprozi-
mates animal and vegetable matters,and eaablifbes
a clofer analogy between them.
During a thuader•form at Gloncefler.la Ame-
rica, on the Bth of February, the lightning ftruck
and penetrated a rock of great magnitude, and
!Livered it to atoms ; it removed another of about
3o tons weight from its bed ; and afterwards. fe-
parating into five feveral branches, although nearly
in the fame direction, ploughed up the ground
until they reached the bank of a fheet of water, at
the edge of which they all aEruptly terminated
without leaving any traces of their further progrefs.
flu noile and Ihock occalioned by the explolion
of the rock, were very great, and perceived at a
confiderable diftance from the fpot.
Sr. Dom INC o.—The American Papers contain
the following articles, whlch eflablith the fallacy
of the accounts recently poblithed in the French
Journals, Ecc. fitting the perk& refloration of
tranquillity in this Wand:—

_
" Cape Francois, Teti. IS,
a At four &eine* in de marnini of the Jill Ina. an 091104
at the back of the Cape, leading m l.abanne dm Nuro,in which
ware nine met, ,f the National Guard, and one cannon, was
la pilled and taken by the Nvsroe*, who fired the cannon at
the Cape, and then retreat...lto the 111OUTIZA101. hunting come
plantation* on their way chit hi
Est:aft of a I.ettcr from Captain Rost al- Jon si •
sr cos, of the brig Paifl:y, to a Gentleman in this
city ( New V.rk), dated Cape Francois, Feb. 9.
" here in 14 day* from Sandy Honk, after rape'
tic' gin;; a very heav y gale for five *Union the cook ; and in lat.,
1,,1 kcsWeft thua.irritorrn I ever tumor, which (!tuck
itiod killed al! my live Po. k ~n sleek, hut did little other
damage. I e meted to find all tranquil here ; but, to my grist
Myret.,: :,tani tl e brigand. idiot Inf, on the towti, and fame
rea:11.,.1 tin kipping. Cititeral Po. u.sai lIIMJ having ne-
..atim to %Pit another part of the lamd, the Negroes took ad-
v....ttage t•i* 11.4 Alfer • , and are lik. Iv t, to, v. ry troteilefonte.
s,veral • I Veen (might within a tittle or two of the
town. 1-rt are fal!ing r. ry tilt, but lumber is on the
rife. }',w or no i.-otops have arrlvad luxe my 1411 voyage, and ;
ft w ail .4n. tare here :it pr, tent. Aftiny Irak:him. as. s.ow
enthatling fnr (hi ors with dry rind..."