Star. — London, England, 1807-08-24 00:00:00

i • taken from at, is ail accetri.,n to France ; and that France will, as we have laid before, be, in the end, the Arbitrefs of the States, who will then be truly United, under her compreffive authority. Yefterday the Claudia cutter arrived at Yarmouth, with difpatches from the Baltic and the Elbe ; and a foreign bye•b'at, with Mails and paffengerw from Tonningen : when the bye boat left Tonningen, there was not any Englifh veffel lying there, and the French were within a few hours march of the place. Letters from an officer of rank in the Baltic Etpe dition, (late that the ifland of Zealand was completely invefied on the loth inilant by 30 fail of the line.— Nothing was expeaed from negotiation, and the grand attack was expeaed to take place on the t3tb; 3000 failors, taken from fuch of the fmaller veffels as had not room to aft, were felefted to join the troops, amounting to 30,000 men. No doubt was entertained of complete fuccefs, as the force in the ifland was too fmall to refill us. In the event of fuccefs, a fimilar vifit, it was expeaed, would be made to the fleet and arfenals of Ruffia. In the mean time, we lay before our Readers the following article from the Caledonian liercury of the aoth init. on the fubje& : " EDINBURGH, AUGUST 20. 66 By a vela arrived this morning at Leith, in five “ days from Copenhagen, we learn, that the Bran 41 army was ready for debarkation on Friday Lail, " and that it had been agreed to give up the Danith g ig fleet, laid to be about zo fail of the line, to remain •g g in an Englilh port during the war." Rumours have reached us from various quarters, of thecapture of Buenos Ayres, which we are inclined to think true. One account flys, that General CR4IE/TURD received a wound in the leg, and that another General was alto slightly wounded. We learn, from a Gentleman who left Flocking a few days ago, that there are lying at that port (even (hips of the line, which were lately launched at Ant• wcrp, where they are building feven others of a flmi lar defcription ; and more are expelled to be laid down, if men can be found in that neighbourhood to man them. Yeflerday morning his MAJESTY, Princelies Au cussa, Sontra, and AMELIA, attended by Lady MURRAY, &c. went to St. George's Chapel, and heard a Sermon by Dr. DODSWORTH, from the 27th chapter of Proverbs, and tfi verfe ; afterwards went to Frogmore, where his MAJESTY dined, and was met by the QUEEN and Princefs ELIZABETH. We are extremely lorry to announce to the Public the death of her Royal Highnefs the Duchefs of GLOUCESTER ; which took place at Gloucefter Lodge, Brompton, about midnight on Saturday, in the 72d year t f her age. The immediate (=Zion of the Duchefs's death was 30 effufion of water into the cavity of the chef}. Her Roy a l Highnef; had been incapable of much exe'tinn lately, but did not complain of fel ions in difpofiti,n until Wednesday lath when her fymptnms were fuel, as t cccation fame anxiety, but no alarm. On Saturday morniu7, however, after having flept nearly fix hours, the Duchef was feized with great opreffiqn and difficulty of breathing, which conti nued, with but little mitigation, throughout the day, and at length terminated her Royal Highnefs's lite. An exprefs was fent to the Duke of GLoucusvitt, at Cheltenham, early on Saturday, but his Highnefs had not arrived when ths event took place. Yefterday Captain Ft:massy, of the Etnn Volun teers, and Governor of the Poor Knights of Windfor, was buried with military honours, in Chewer Church, in the family vault, In the long depending caufe refpetting the refiduary property of Mrs. Cam, the LORD CHANCELLOR has lately decreed the fum of nearly 40,00c1. flock to the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy ; the intereft of which is to be applied, one part to poor Clergy men with good charaaers and large families, in the fame manner as Dr. Taylour and Mr. Myddelton's Benefaeli-n is diflributed, and other part at the dif eretion of the Governors of the Corporation in aid of the Clergy Orphan Society. A letter has been received by the Gallant fchnoner, from Monte Video, from an officer at that place, which contains fome alarming facie, relative to the Iv file conduct of the Spanifh inhabitants. The out rages and ill•will difplayed by the people of Monte Vidcn and its neighbourhood, and which rendered necelfai y the proclamation of General WHITELOCKE, are fait; to have been occafioned by the intrigues and diffentions of the numerous Englifh adventurers who have:mived in the River Plata. It is well known that the Spattifh Governments we e always extremely fufpicious of the people io their South American Coltaties ; infomuch that arms and gimp , wder could now be obtained without an order from the G vernor for that purpofe. Na private per fon was ever permitted to fell gunpowder, and it could only be obtained at the Royal warehoufes in fmall quantities, not exceeding ilb. weight ; and then it was furnifhed to none but perfons who could bring certificates of their refpdtability. A number of Eng. Lib fpeculators, however, who lately arrived in the river, brr tight whole cargoes of this article, as well s other warlike flares ; and before any idea was en. Itttained of the danger of allowing them to difpofe of fuch articles, they were all fold to the natives and Spaniards at very high prices. The objet for which they were purchafed has !ince fulliciently appeared ; as they have been employed to annoy our people, *hen in peaceable poffellion of a conquered capital. --his laid, that upwards of fifteen hundred barrels of gunpowder have been imported at Monte Video, from Etgland. It is Rated alfo, though we know not to what caufe to aurPoute the circumttance, that all the refpeetable part of the population of the River Plata, were IA year decidedly in favour of the Britifb, but a mate rial change has since taken place in their fentiments. Preparation s were making when the Gallant failed fur an immediate attack upon Buenos Ayres. MAR K-L ANL • ',.,.•111••=l• CORN EXCHANGE, AUGUST 14. The art ivals of Wheat to day make rather a [hart tupply ; good famples readily maintain theiicurrency, and ordinary are dull in tales ; fine-new at 745. per quarter—Barley and Milt continue at little varia tion—White and Grey Peas are each lower—Beans, of both forts, in thurt fttpply, and rather higher Foreign oats are in tolerable plenty, and maintain the quotation—Sales of Flour - at lefs price. GINERAL CoaltillCT AS ONDIR. What, 55$ t , . 68 11er qr. Grey Peale 34. sits Ditto, 68s 724 Beans. sos S6s Fi Rye, 42 5 4 6 s (new) Tiek Ditto, 42$ 485 od Barley,ps 38s 61 Oats, 22s 261 3c3 Malt, 62, 721 of Poland ditto 32s 323 01 Wkite Peas. (boilers) 955 toss Rape Seed wan Fine Flour sts 58s—Seeonds 4S$ to sae. JONI, HARRISON, Efq. has reigned his Commit*. finnet (hip at the Vidtualling Board. Mrs. MOUNTAIN has been extremely indifpofed, at Dublin. She was advertifed for the performance of Polly, in the Beatles Opera, on Wednefday night, but was too unwell to perform. One day laft week a young lion, on board a fhip at Gravefend, intended as a 'relent to his Majefly, broke lode frcm his cage, when he ran furioufly at the men on deck, who avoided him by running up the rigging. The lion then leaped o►erboard, and was loon furrounded by a number of boats. Two watermen fnared him with ropes, and he was hoifled up the fide of the fhip from which he had efcapcd. He was fafely fecured in his den, to be conveyed to the Tower as a royal prifoner for life. On Saturday afternoon, a (hocking accident oc cut red in Leicelter• fields,by Lord Harcourt's carriage running over a boy about nine years of age. He was immediately carried to Dr. Thomas's, where he ex pired. The lady, who was infide, fainted on heating tilt exclamations of the people, that the child was killed. Monday as the Duke of Montrofe was exercifing the Stirling(hire Militia, near Dumfries, his horfe, while he was in the aft of mounting, took fright, by which his Grace was thrown with Inch vi• fence as to diflocate his thoulder. The lunation was, however, immediately rettored, and his Grace is in a fair way of recovery. Laft week, a (mart young failor, in appearance, volunteered his fervices on board his Majetty's (trip Imperieufe, lying in Plymouth Sound. .The officers were extremely interefied in his appearance, but Come rufpicion as to fez having arifen, a medical examina tion was about to be enforced, when the young (park conferred that As Was a woman, and a native of Aber deen—that the had borne a child to a man who had bccn preffed into the fervice, and that fhe entered in hopes of one day meeting with him. She is only 22 years old, and has let ved in fever al (hips by the name of Toni Walker. Since the dircovery the has been relieved from the (hip's duty, and cooks and attends upon the Officers. Her fez is cautioufly refpefted by the (hip's company, and her conduft is exemplary, chafte, and corral. PEDESTRIAN Platymust/ca.—The match between Captain Barclay and Wood has given rife to another in Hamplhire, which was decided at eleven o'clock on Friday night, near Lyndhur ft. A man of the name of Campbell, who reticles at Dowton, Wilts, who had performed pedeliri in wonders for trifling wa gers, was matched by a Captain Hanby, to go for twelve hours on a piece of chofen ground on the I New Foreft, againtt one Wall, a•hawker on the Bath road. The pa:Arians Rarted about four miles from Chrillchurch, at eleven o'clock on Friday morning, and the general betting were that they did not go 7z miles. They were attended over the heath by a con cnurfe of horfemen, and the compafs of the excurfion not being more than is miles, the fpeetators had an excellent view of the race. Wall teemed knocked up at four o'clock in the afternoon, having at that time gone 34 miles in the heat of the day. His opporent, who was dole at his heels, paired him alfo fatigued ; and after Wall had liretched' himfelf on fome flraw, for half an hour, he refumed the contelf, and over took Campbell (who had only (topped five minutes) at nine o'clock. An interefting ftruggle here enfued, and the competitors kept together until ten o'clock, when Wall made an extraordinary puffs, and went nearly eight miles in the hilt hour, and beat his ad verfary by a mile and a half. The dißance performed by the winner was 69 toiler. On Friday morning, about two o'clock, Mrs: Swakenburgh, of Effex ilreet, Holton, her hufband, and two female friends, returned from Camberwell Fair, when Mr. S. propofed to accompany the females home, and left his wife in her bed-room. After an abfence of only ten minutes, he difcovered fmoke iffuing from the firft floor ; and, on his entering, he difcovered the bed-room in flames, his wife lying on the floor, with what habiliments the had on in flames, and unable to (peak. At the hazard of his life, he milted into the midtt cf the flames, conveyed his wife into the ftreet, and thence to St. Bartholomew's Hofpital, where her ditfolution was momentarily expeiled. The fire, by the exertions of the neigh bourhood, did not extend to the other parts of the INCUJESTS.—On Thurfday let an inqueli was taken at Herefersi, before THOMAS RUSSELL, Efq. Coroner, on view of the body of Sarah Pugh, a child about t‘tfelve years of age, who had her throat cut by her mother on the preceding morning, about five o'clock. —This inhuman an was perpetrated in a miferable dwelling in the Gaol lane, in that city, while the child lay alleep ; but the mother being ()braved fit ting in bed with a razor in her hand, by two women who lay in the fame room, the covered the child, and immediately attempted to cut her own throats how ever, the did not etred her purpofc, being prevented by the women. While they were Itruggling to get the razor out of her hand, the little girl got up, and holding her throat with her hands, ran naked into Bye Ulcer, where her filler lived ; but, being unable to art'eulate a word, the returned home, and fell breathlefs on the flJor. The faculty were immedi. ately called in, and rendered ever y Alliance, but to no purpofe, as the windpipe being entirely cut through, the died the fame night. The Jury brought in a verdi& of Wilful Murder againd Sarah Pugh (the mother), who is fully committed for trig!. • NJUTICiL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS—Wind W.S.W. All. D 136 All. DUE . MN a I I Labor, o 0 Waterford a a Tom.ingen 1 0 Gottenburet o a (.Jamaica a o PLYMOUTH, AUGUST 11.,„ Came in the C . uba, of 38 guns, from Jamaica ; the failed from thence with a fleet under convey, bet parted from them to theWeltward ; Mary, Davrsoa, froM Wilmington. Little Catherine, Captain Roffed, from Santa Gyn.% to • Copen• knelt, detained by the Mates privateer. Treneland, Temen, from B an t a C ruz , detained by . the LION privateer. Froe Setoletes, Surfon, froth St. Thomas's, detained by the JOHN BULL privateer. , . Margarida, Jeula, from Liiboo, detained by the tuns privateer. Two Brothers, Pall, from New York, detained by the LOID Cocoa...Ns privateer. Sailed the PHOEBE frigate on a cruize . ' PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 23. Arrived his Majelly's (hips WILLIAM,. from Hali fax ; Sophia, ----, from Gaernfey ; and la Fleche, from off Havre. The NORTHUMBERLAND, of 74 guns, Captain Losaca, is coming home with a con voy from Barbadoes, which was appointed to fail on the t 8 infant. The GLORY, 98, Captain OTWAY, is coming home with a convoy from the Mediterranean. The. RATTLER, Captain Aoasts, which arrived on Sunday lafl from Newfoundland, fell in with the Isis, Admiral HOLLOWAY, and the ALPHEA cutter, on the 23d ult. 5o leagues from St. John's. The 'Admiral had recovered from an attack of the gout. The (hip's company had been generally affiieted with an inBam m2tion of the lungs ; one man had died of it. Dr; O'DowN sta., the Catholic Bahop af St. John's,came home in the RATTLER, being fucceeded by Bifirop LamaraT. The NEMESIS, AVENGER, and SPESPY were left at Newfoundland on the z ift ult. The convoy for the Mediterranean, which failed from Spithead on the 28th of June, under charge of 'his Majeßy's (hips FAME, HIN6O3TAN, PREYOYARTS, l'Espota, and Imuce NE; arrived at Gibraltar in twenty days. Sir THOMAS WILLIAMS yellerday commiffigned the NEPTUNE, of 98 guns, in this har bour. The BARFtEUR, of 98 guns, was yellerrlay taken into Dock to be repaired for Commilßon.l - —Wind S. W. DOVER, AUGUST 22. The Buttnert gun-brig fent in here this morning the brig Wheeler of Norfolk, Capt. GRINALDS, from Antwerp, in ballaß, bound to Cowes,. for orders:— and the BLerse gun-brig h.ss detained and fent-into this pore the appenburg hoy Welfaard, Capt. DE . Bosa, from Oleron,• . with falt, bound to Tanningen. —The fhipernentioned in my letter of yetlerday to be in fight,.coming up from the Weaward, were not part of the Well India fleet, as was foppofedi but were three (hips from Monte Video, which proceeded on for the River.—Wind S.W. and fine weather. DEAL, AUGUST 21. ;Lt Arrived the Raleigh floop,•from the Nore; Plea fant Hill hired armed floop, from Woolwich.— Sailed the Royalill floop, Boater, and Blazer gun. brigs, oa a cruize off the coati of France. AUGUST 23.—Arrived the Tygrcfs EaII India (hip, Captain M.DoucaLL, from the River.—Wind S.W. and moderate. Its Ter DOWN s—Princers of Orange, Viee•Admiral Rowley; Canada, 64 guns; Raleigh !loop, Pleafant Hill hired floop, Tigris Raft India Blip • for India. YARMOUTH, AUGUST 23. Sailed a cutter with difpatches for Admiral GAM• BI IR, and letter► for the fleet. Remain in the Roads the Majefli^, Admiral RUSSFLL, Roebuck, Admiral DOUGLAS. Paffed through feveral light colliers.— Wind S. E. NEW YORK, JULY 17. A new (hip, of about 200 tons, valued at 20,000 dollars, from Liverpool for Newport, laden with falt and crates, was wrecked at Block Ifland on the 29th ult.—the crew and a (mall part of the property laved. • FROM LLOYD'a LIST. Oa AVESE teD. Auo. 2t.—Paired by the Refolution, Ketnpfer; and the Autoia, Baker, from Memel. Sailed the Stranger, Ro binfon. for Philadelphia; George.l.lewellyn, for Gibraltar; Wil liam, Kiilman, for Dark, acd theßetky, Shaplef, for Guctnfcy. ARRIVED. Off Dover, the Sufan, Townthend, from Lifbon—Perfeverance, Sutherland; Stranger, Hunter; Lune, Young; Echo, Shaw; Dorothy Forger, Sowden; Canada, Dove ; Sir Godfrey Webfter, Spencer; Cadets Grove, NNW' ; Trufty, ; Martha, Neve ; Leh*, Raffclls; Champlaw, Pedlar ; Duke of York, Friar; Fame, Smyth ; and the Brothers ; Hepburn, from Jamaica—At Chatham the Fame, M'Farlane, and the Ruby, —, from Riga—At Ply mouth, the Minerva, .Holborn, from Riga—At Liverpool..the Jane, Smith; Thetis, Parker, and the Effex, Snowdon, from Pc teriburgh. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. The I.ocuft, for the El Dragona, Marengo, and Belle Pottle captured March 7th and 13th, t 806, will be paid on board ; and recalled at No. 32, Arundel ftrcet. The Indefatigable, Hazard, and Atalante, for l'Achille, la Jennie, and Is Marianne, captured Oetober 19, tBo6, will be paid on board, on their arrival at Plymouth, on or after the zit of Scp tember; and the Indefatigable recalled at No. zi, Cecil-flretc, Strand ; the Hazard, at No. 30, George. itreet, Plymouth Dock ; and the Atalante, at Mr. Lockyen, Plymouth. _ _ . , The Pickle and Scorpion, for la Favori, captured January 3, 1807, will be paid on board, on•their arrival at Plymouth, on or after the aft of September next; and mailed at No. so, George ltrect, Plymouth Dock. The Didtator, for fundry Gibing steals, captured September 3, 1806, will be paid at No. IL Clement's Inn, on Tuefday next ; and there recalled os Tucfdays and Fridays. • 't he Ethalion, for the Vigilance, captured November - 15, 1803, will be paid on the 3d of September, No a, James area, Adclphi; and there recalled. Saturday we received • levies of St. Vincent's and Antigua Gazettes. The firmer, to the zoth of Jutie, merely annauuce the arrival •of the divifion of the Wafp's convoy from Cork, deQined for that island; and the latter to the gth of July, mention the de parture of the Hart brig, on the prece,ting evening, with the Mails brought by Cie zd of April and Ifi of May packets, for Noir, MAitflrrat, St. I(itt's, and Tor tola. • LOSS OF THE OAHGES EAST INDIAMAN. The tofs of the Ganges is officially confirmed by a letter from her Commander, Captain Harrington, addreffed to the Governor of St. Ilelena. The (hip was I.)ft on the 29-h of Mar, off the Cape of G. 01. Hope, in lat. 38. 22. S. arid long 19. VO E. Mt! had been for fume time in ale .kr date, an , ll,Taotte.l from the red of the fleet nn the 2 ft of Nl.iy, in a gale of wind. The following morning the St. Vin cent only was in fight, of whole Command,. (Capt. line;). Captain Ildrrington fpeaks in the warmest terms of praife far the affittance he rendered ; as alto ' of the (hip's company and crew, and a number of .men of the 77111 regiment who were nn !maid. The letter is accompanied by the following ex-raft from the lug book of the (hip Ganges, rriiay, May 29 " Light airs ar.d cloudy in P. M. A. M. a light breeze and fair, the (well much gone down, but the Chip rolling dreadlully, aid tendering it danger ons for the boats to take perforis on board, whether aftern or alongfide. At a quarter pail noon, the St. Vincent being dill nearly four miles from us, there being fern feet water intim well, the Item port being now four inches off the dead wood, and the Chip un governable by the helm ; got the launch at all rifles alongfide, having in vain attempted to put the ladies on boat d out of the Han gallery, though the !loiling was cut away for the purpofe. At three quarters pail noon the left us with all the paffengeis. except Mr. Rollefton, of the Bombay eftablifh ment, who infilled, in a manner the mod fliendly to me, and mod linnourable to himftlf, on remaining on board until my officers and felf quitted the Ibip. At ore P. M. the yawl left us, with the .tick people, • and Come of the other (hip's . company and frildiere r pt his Majefly's 77th eegiment. The men Hill kept working at the pumps with unabated vigour and good will. At three P. M. eight feet water in the well, and the hip fettling fad. At half pat} four, nine feet water in the well, and teeing the' launch on her re turn, called the people up from the puinps. Down both cutters, and fent them off, es fall as prndeoce would permit, with orders not #i i .',tettirn. At flee, the launch, yawl, and one of the St. Vincent's boats, came alongfide, and by half pail - five had all left the (hip again, full of people, the third and fifth officees in charge of the launch and yawl. I, immediately after the boats had quitted us ? antlered the people, and there being 49 men Hilton board (Mr. Rollef. ton, the Chief, Fourth and Si* M:er, and myfelf included) again Pet the pumpslei sio't k, as the night was clofmg in fall, and the Se,,Vincent fill at force diflance floes u's. "At fix P. M: in company with Ole chief o ffi cer, gunn er an d carpenter, rifted the gun room for the 'aft time, found the head 'of the flan poll had forfaken the tranfomfull fix inches, the . garboard feaM of the courvi two ineles open for fix or feven feet down at lead, the wood ends five inches off the Hun poll, and all the counter timber gone at the heels. At half pill eight P. M. the st. Vincent's boat - and the yawl once more came along fide, and then (and not till, then) were tfie pumps finally quitted by My orders. Filled the two boats and . difpatched thetn to return no more ; Ave minutes afterwards, the'lannch came back to us, and, at three quarters pad eight, accompani e d by lr. Rollefton, Chief, fourth, and Ilft1; of fi cers;and all that remain -• ed of the fhip' s cornpahy, I quitted the unfortunOe Ganges, with three cheers from us all, and twenty minutes.after boarded the St. Vi ncent in fafety where we were received by Captain. Jones, with all that feeling and humanity.which has diainguifhed his conduit fince our feparation from the fl et ; and here, before the journal of this eventful voyage is finally clofed,.l conceive it 'to be my . duty to date, that on leaving the (hip the had ten feet water in tha well, that the had fettled half way up her bends, and . that (he was wholly ungovernable by the helm, that the poop, quarter deck, and upper works generally were tp motion, and that as no human means were . left untried, fo were no - hum.an.powers' equal to lave her from deftruaion. " At day light, the St. Vincent, from, caufes se mull appear in the log book, having made but little progrefs in the night, faw the (hip about five miles off, with her marls, yards, and. fails, in the fame fitu. ation as the preceding evening At feven A. M. Captain Jones, in compliance with my revelt, bore. up towards her, and at nine, accompanied by Mr. Bolleflon, the chief and fourth officer, anda full cow plement of men for the boat, I pulled towards her its the launch, with the hope of Paving fame part (how ever (mall) of the property on board. " As we approached the (hip, obferved the water running out of the fcuttles on the gun deck, and that of the forecaftle was at times completely buried in the waves. Under fuch circumstances, the (hip being evidently in a finking Rate we conceived it molt prudent to relinquith o ur ob jeO, and therefore immediately returned to the St. Vincent, at this time. not more than a quarter of a mile dillant. About four minutes before noon, got along fide of her again, and fortunate it was that we did fo, for fcarcely had the launch been fecured in that filiation, before the Ganges, in a molt extraordinary manner, paid off before the wind, and in the lapfe of one minute funk entirely, going down head foremod, with all bet malts Handing, except the main top mail. (Signed) " T. imaiimaron.” NAVAL ArrolaTmatiTs.—Captain Cochrane, to the Prince George ; Captain Lola& to the Northambe-land ; Capt. Morrie, to the Renard; Capt. Coghlan, to the Elk; Capt. Ch am b er l ayne, to the Ardent ; Capt. Hepcniall, to the Kines-Fither. The Fair American, DAYI3, from London for Bal timore, was all well on the lath of Auguft, in lat. 47. IS. long. t 4.• so. Captain MATHIR , of the /Eolos, arrived at New York on the 13th ult. from Canton, and gave infor mation that a Bikini 64, and ten Company's (hips, were at Canton when he left that place. Some of the Britifh feasnen had killed a Chinefe, and the Govern ment had demanded an Englifhman from one of the Ihips, which was refuted, in confequence of which the Chinefe had prohibited goods from being carried on board the [hips. By the brig Amphitrite, which arrived on the 6th of July at Philadelphia, in fourteen days from L. guira, intelligence was received, that a few days pre vious to her failing, an order had arrived from New Spain; enabliflting new import and export duties, and prohibiting the entry of Br itifh goods. Several pri- vateers had in cunfequence been fitted ont, which had taken fame American veffels. The Cnmmittecof Alexandria (America) had a meeting in the middle of July, and refulved on eta*. p7xary furreofion of the commerce of the Potomac. •