Star. — London, England, 1801-09-08 00:00:00

,S • Vic Nautical Advanlropents fee the [caul column of the lirft page.] MAILS THIS DAY,-Win4l N. W. /1121111ZD • ffaalburgh, • Dublin, Septad>ez Jb sz Waterford, a Dotinachadev, • Jamaica, July so, z Leeward, Augidt 29 FALMOUTH, SEPTEMBER S. Arrived theDuits ofYoa2 packet from Jamaica, ‘‘ith Mails, dated the Both of July. She failed froin tills port on the the t 2th'of May, and arrived at l‘lart;nique on the 13th of June, where the found his Majefty's Chip LEVIATHAN, Admiral DUCK VORTH, the DIANA frigate, and four other (hips bf war : the arrived at Jamaica on the 22d, where were lying feveral (hips of war, and failed for Eng land on the 2oth of July, leaving at Jamaica his Majefty's flips SANS PAREIL, ACASTO, LOV/EII TOFU, Poacuriws, ABERGAVENNY, LARK, and CAMEL : failed under convoy of the MERLIN !loop of war, and arrived here yefterday. She brings no news. The crew and paffengers were very fickly, having loft Captain SERVANTE the Corn rander, with five of the crew, and two paffengers, by the yellow fever. The paffengers names who died were Mr. CREMOND, and Maffei* OSBORN thole arrived are Mr. LAING, Mrs. OSBORN, and Mifs Lew and fervant. The Packet is gone into quarantine. The Mail was this evening landed from her, after havins been fumigated. Arrived alfo the PRINCESS CHARLOTTE packet, Captain KIR, from the Leeward Elands with mails: fhe failed from hence on the 3oth of May, with the 2d Weft India Mail of that month, and arrived at Barbadoes on . the 9 th of June, where foe found his Majefty's (hip HORNET : the arrived a Martinique on the 12th, and at Dominica on the 16th, where The found the PRINCESS ROYAL armed brig, which convoyed her to Montferrat, where the arrived on the zoth, at Antigua on the DP, and at Nevis on the 26th, where the found bin Majefty's flips PROSELYTE, FAIRY, SURINAM, and the GYPSEY fchooner : arrived at Grenada on the 28th, on which day the HORNET and Pants , failed with the remaining convoy : the failed front Tortola on the if of Angara, and arrived here this day, but brings no news. The paffengers by this packet are Colonel Mow NOC K, of the 68th regi - rent, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. GRANT, Mr..Pulcst.i., and Mr. HARDING. This day the WASP Coop of war, of 18 guns, for Newfoundland, gave inilruElions to the veirels waiting convoy here for that place. Arrived alfo the Ainerican fhip Juno, %VORtH, with wines, &c. 28 days from St. Lucar for orders; and the trig Pallas, Capttain DFLI.DICE, for Gibraltar, having miffed the fleet which are gone for Torbay. TARMOTfTH, SEPTEMBER 7. This morning arrived the Palace of ORANGE Packet, Captai n THOMAS BRIDGEtWith Meas. CRA 1111t, MEYER, HAVE, HAGER, ROWLINSON, and feveral bther Paffengers. Captains BRIDGE, For, and Luca, landed with the Mails on Sunday evening, at Happithurgh ; the latter were for warded to Town immediitcly. The Klan GEORGE Packet, With Ma:ls and Pal fingers, for Cuxhaven, Rill remains wind-bound. DOVER, SEPTEMBER 6. A flag of truce arrived yetierday morning from Calais with difpatches for M. OTTO, and other dif patches having juft at the cattle time come clown evreft from London for Mr. Muir at Paris, the boat returned with them immediately to Calais.— An open hoar, as a flag of truce, arrived here from Calais yeflerday, with difpatches from Mr. ?grey'', and brought Mr. llawsow pafrengcr.— lie is a Member of the Conrrefs of the United States of America, who has been over to fettle 'h: Treaty between the two Powers. Governor I , Hr: se -woe is arrived here, hiving the King's li yace to embaik from hence far France. There is n neutral velfel here to carry him ; it is therefore ti:'cutain how he will go. This morning, from e rrt until ten, AVC had a shall) thunder ftorm, and frr.ie very heavy rain : happily no damage was done.—Sailed the LAUREL brig, Capt. W. YAW-. It:NS, to Sheernefs, to be muficred for the fervice. Blows frefh. Wind S. S. W. Captain NOV:F. LI, late of the Isis, has taken t' • command of the ARDENT, of 64 guns, at the Evre. Captain F. W. AUSTIN IS nprointcd to the com rn.ind of tli! Nt?-ry E, of 98 guns, the Rig-fhip of Vice-Admiral GAMBIER, vice Captain liaaca. FROM ILOYIYS lin. DcRI , Sr PTEMDER 7.—Sailed the Charon,—, f t India, and the mil of the outward-bound for Portunouth.—Vvind N. by W. GRAVESEND, Sr PTEMDCP. 7.—Pallid by the Bel rat, —, and le Chery, MURPHY, from Lifbon ; Neury,WiLSON, from linhlin; Goodintent,BAME, ft , m Dantzick ; Mary, M.Dowatn, and Hum ] ;rd, VRIRM AN. from Seville.—Sailcd the Lama, Slirm, for Bolton ; Jafon, LATHAM, for Halifax; Cathirine and Eliza, PRATT, for Africa; Twe btoders, for Antwerp ; Jamaica Packet, Jroxis, and Levant, DRYDEN, for Hamburgh. ARRIVED ClyJe—Hawhc, 1.1 Connal, from Charkftoo. A: fahnoutb—Jafoo, Kerr, from Savannah. A 1 -bwrPoetlas, Iron Nova Beatla. Tt has already been mentioned, that this IEIN on her outward bound paffage, fuftained a very gal lant action with a l arge French frigate, off the Bra zils. The followin g details are furnithed by a paffengcr :—" Th e Wszissuiv failed from Portf mouth with. the India fleet, under the convoy of the BE LLivs E V :and continued in company till we reached lat. 16. South, long. 27. o. Weft.— About three weeks after, in the parallel of Rio Janeiro, we were chaced by a large !hip, which, on her nearer approach, appeared to be a heavy fri gate, carrying thirteen long guns on each title on her gun deck, having a white head with a female figure. —" As the WkLLESLEY, from her being deeply laden, was a very heavy tailor, all attempts to ef. cape would have been vain. The only alternative which prefented itfclf under there circumflances was, either to defend the [hip in the bell way we could, or to deprecate the vengeance of the enemy, if [he fhould be filch, by (hiking without refinance. Our gallant Commander promptly tithed the more honourable courfe, by fhortening fail, and giving immediate orders to clear the (hip. " About half pall 7 o'clock, A. M. the mange fail twilled French national colours, and pennant, and fired a gun, without [hot, to'leeward, of which the WELLESLEY took no notice, but continued her preparations for aCtion. " At eight A. M. we hoifled our colours, and fired a gun, with [hot to windward. The French [hip kept in our wake, and from her fore-catlle and tops being now filled with men, we appre hended that fhe had immediate intentions to board. Within a few minutes afterwards, how ever, fhe fired a bow-gun into the WELLESLEY, loaded with round and grape (hot, and being very near, the French Commander threatened, that if we did not inliantly furrendcr, he would foon be on board us. But his threat produced as little cf feet as his fire, which paired a-head, jun clear of the (hip.—At a quarter pall eight o'clock, A. M. all our guns being (hotted with round and grape, the Captain ordered our helm hard a-port, and di reeted the Officer in charge of the gun-deck, as foon as the frigate came in full view, to take good aim for the water line, and give her the broadfide of the WELLESLEY; which was done fo effeetually, that the top-men and forecaftle-men were glad to quit their quarters. The frigate dreading a repe tition of our fire in the fame direetion, put the helm a-port, and a fair birth right a-breaft, and at the diftance of about piftol [hot hauling up both her courfes. A warm exchange of broadfides now took place, as fail as they could well be fired and returned, which continued nearly an hour, until a quarter part nine, A. M. when the enemy fhter ed off. Our gallant Captain now gave orders to load the guns on the gun-deck, each with two round (hot, (all his double headed (hot having been ex pended,) and to take aim at the enemy's malls, in order to prevent his efcape. 'But the attempt failed of fuccefs ; the Frenchman got his ftarboard tacks on board, with little vilible damage. The Captain of the WELLESLEY, being convinced of the ufelefr nefs of the chace, called - all hands on deck, and gave the Frenchman three cheers doubled—which he did not chufe to return. " Almolt every malt in the fhip was found, on infpeflion, to have been wounded. The fails had been much (battered, and many of them riddled throughout. Two of the main-top backllays, and feveral frnall ropes, between wind and water, had been (hot away. Several round, grape, and dohible• headed filets were lodged in the fides, booms, and deck of the Watt.v. sxx v. One of the round flint., which has been taken out of her fide, weighs 'OA. Engli(h, and which afcertains the metal of the enemy's guns to have been French la-pounders. And yet, notwithaanding the injury which the (hip had fuffered, the Captain had the extreme fa tisfaftion to find, on mustering his crew, that not a angle perfon had been hurt during the engage ment. " About noon the fame day, the French frigate wore, and her head was laid in the fame direEtion as ours. Shortly after flue clewed up her head-fails, ()lifted her fore top fail yard very brifkly, and making all the fail Ike could, neared us very fall, and as we thought with an intent to renew the en gagement ; but feting us prepared to receive her, (he edged off, and left us to pnrfue our courfe. " About eleven o'clock P. M. by the help of a clear moon, we Caw the enemy very plain ; being then at the dillancc of about three or four miles on our flarboard beam. Although we carried neer ing-fails, and every fail we could fct for the whole of the night, in order to get fouthing, yet at fun rife the nest morning, we perceived the enemy's top-gallant fails a-head juft before the horizon. At noon the fame day, we gained fall on him, and then difcerned he was lying to, his main-top fail to the mail. We (leered right for him, all fails fet ; he did not think proper to wait for us, though he kept us in fight until Tuefday the t zth, when he difappeared until the isth, when he bore down upon us, conceiving us to be a different (hip, but on making us plain, he hauled away on the oppofite route. _ _ "The WE LLLL LEY is loaded on account of Go vernment with provifions and naval ftores. She mounts 12 nine-ponders, and to fix-pounders, and is manned molly with Lafcars and Chinamen. We muttered in all, officers, boys, &c. when we failed from England, 94 ; exclufive of paffengers. " Confidenng the great inferiority of our fhip and company, it would teem needlefs to add, that every man on board did his duty very ably. Our Captain (peaks in the warrneft terms of the Alli ance rendered by his paffengers (eleven in num ber,) amongl whom were eight Englifh farmers ! There ferved the guns fo well, that fome of them broke their brcechings. The Lafcars and China men were animated and encouraged by the exer tions every where apparent before their eyes." The new packet DISPATCH, with every aceom• modation for paffengers, carriages and horfes, fails twice a week between Ilfracombe in Devon, and Swanfey in Wales, from whence a mail coach joins the packets at Milford, which fail daily for Water ford. Having already given the refult of the Conrt-Martial held on Capt. Fetus, his Officers, and Crew, for the lofs of the HANNIBAL, by which Capt. Emu:sills Officers, Rte. were moQ honourablyaequitted, we are happy in being able to add to it the following interciting particulars in the NARRATIVE OF CAPT. FERRIS: " Mr. Prejirknt, and Gentlemen of the Court, " In giving a detail of the circumstances which led to the lofs of his Majcfly's late fhip the HANNI BA L, then under my command, I am lorry that, ow ing to my clerk being killed, and whol remar:ss were 1011, I cannot be fo particular as to the exalt times of fignals being made as I otherwifc fhould have been; but I fhall [late them to you to the bell of my recolletlion. " On the morning of the 6th of July ha, at or about fix o'clock, his Majefly's (hips VENERABLE, POMPEE, AUDACIOUS, CiESAR, SPENCER, and HAN NIBAL., under the command of keat-Admiral Sir JAMES SAUMAREZ, being off Cabaretta Point, and (landing in for Algeziras bay upon the larboard tack, with the wind weflerly, the Admiral made the fignal to the VENERABLE, to know if the could fetch the Enemy's (hips then in fight in that Bay, which being anfwered in the affirmative, the Ad miral made the fignal for clofe action. " At about eightb'clock the VENERABLE began the action at a confiderable diftance to leeward, as the could not fetch further into the Bay; and foon after the PoMPEE anchored nearer in (bore, and the AUDACIOUS aftern of her. The Admiral, in the CESAR, next anchored ahead of the AUDACI ous, and made the fignal for (hips to anchor' in the bell potlible manner for their mutual fupport. We then anchored ahead of the CiESAR, within hail of her, and by a fpring got our broadlides to bear on one of the Enemy's line of battle (hips, at about ten minutes before nine o'clock; where we kept up a good fire fot about an hour. " At this time, about ten o'clock, not having underflood fome verbal diredions attempted to be given from the CJESAR, I received an order from the Admiral, by an Officer, to go and rake the French Admiral. I inftantly turned up the hands to make fail, cut the cable, and call the chip by the fpring; I then cut the fpring and made fail to the northward, flood in to a quarter leis fix, and then tacked for the French Admiral, for the pur pole I had been ordered to effect. " As I approached hint I began to take in fail in fuch a manner as would have enabled me to have hauled in fhore athwart his hawfc, and which I preferred to going to leeward nnder his (tern, as that might have fubjeded me, from the variable flaws of wind, to have drifted farther to leewat d, and confequently vvithiatt fulfilling, in a manner which I deemed the molt effe,tual and decifive, the objed of my orders.—But, juft as I got the fore clew-garnets manned, in order to take in the fore fail, with an intent to put the helm a-lee,and to brace the head yards a-box, the (hip took the ground, within hail of the Formidable (the French Ad miral's (hip,) and which accident alone could have prevented me from putting my orders into exe cution. In this fituation I opened my fire on the French Admiral, with as many of my forcmoll gnus as could be brought to bear on him, the reit being dirated, with much drat, on the town, batteries, and gun-boats, with which I was furrounded. But the Ihip appearing to fwilig a little, I let go the lower anchor and cut the cable, the (imam. cable being clenched to the ring of the anchor, and in at the gun-room port, on which I intended to heave a (train, to endeavour to force the (tip round, fo as to bring her broadfule to bear on the French Admiral (having at this time no hope of getting the (hip entirely afloat, the mailer having, by my dirations, founded round her, and found rather lefs water than where (belay); but the fpring being (hot away before it was well taught, the (hip remained immoveable. I had, by this time, after much endeavour (all my fig,nal haul-yards being (hot away), effated making the fignal for ltriking and flicking fail on a (hoal. - a I obferved form time afterwards all our (hips driving out of the Bay, the Admiral having prc vioufly made my fignal of recall, and fent a boat from the CESAR and another from the VANE. Itasca to my Alliance ; but finding they could af ford me none, I fent the VENERABLA'S boat back, and the crew of the CESAR'S in one of my own cutters, their pinnace having been funk by a (hot along-fide. "About twelve o'clock our Blips were all ont of gun-fhot of the Enemy, and we had the fire of the whole French Squadron, Batteries, and Gun boats, to contend with alone; again(l which we continued to keep up as brifk a fire as could be expcsted, even by rr—in in the mot linguine ex peflation of viaen y, until neatly two o'clock. " 1 had been before this time recciving repeated reports from fevcral of my Officers of the numbers killed and wounded, and of many of my guns be ing rendered unferviceable ; and teeing many of my brave crew every moment falling et their quarters, and the fhip, in all retpals, hut little better than a wreck, I thought proper to call my Officers together, and alked their opink,n whe ther more could be done for the preferration of the flcrp ? they replied, that they theitFlit it was impoflible to do more, and that to fluke the co lours was the only means of preferring the of thole that remained. " On thcfc confidcrations, and from a convic tion of having experienced every pollible afliftance that the per revering endeavours of realous and brave Officers and Men could afford me, whole exertions, and thole of Lieutenant Hi LL's in par ticular, who did duty as my Firft Lieutenant dur ing the a'linn, and for fome time before, I !hall ever remember with the greateft gratitude; and ' fccing that our hitherto very effeßive fire on the Enemy's (hips and batteries was now in flackeued as to be nearly utelefs, I ordered the tiring to ceafe, and the people to filcher themfelves as much as poffible; end in a little time afterwards I fah mined to the painful neceffity of ordering his Ma p jetty's colours to be hauled down." The Bifhop of MEATH landed at Donaghadee on Friday fennight from Porrpatrick. He came from England by way of Edinburgh and Glafgow. Next day arrived from Portpatrick, at Dona gliadee, his Grace the LORD PRIMATE of all Ire land. The day after the Bi(hnp of ELPHIN embarked at Donaghadee for Pbrtpatrick. . His Excellency the LORD LtFUTENANT Of IRE LAND held a Privy Council at Dublin Cattle on Tuefday, when a variety of Inifinelswas tranfafted. —Mr. Secretary A a ao r was fwurn of the Council, and took his place accordingly. A Proclamation was at the fame time ordered to be iffued offering a reward for the apprehenfion of the offenders, who fomr tiate ago. forcibly car ried away Elenor I.)dany, fpintier, of the (kfcen's County, with intent to commit violence upon her. Two of the offenders, nan:cd Farrell and Lupton, were lately tried and found guilty of that crime ; the latter has been executed. The excurlion which his Excellency the LORD LtLIEUTENANT of Ireland has made throug h the county of Wicklow, will, we believe, prove highly conducive to the improvement and commerce of that part of the kingdom, as his intention was par ticularly dire&ed to every object which appeared to be of public importance, or which tended in any refpea to promote the interefls of the country. On the fluff day, attended by a fuite, confifling of Lord Roy sycut, Mr. ABBOT, Dr. LINDSAY. and Colonel Goat, he viewed the line of Military Road which has been lately laid out, and on which already confiderable progrefs has been made. This Road is intended to interfeet the great chain of mountains in their utmoft length, in a dirc&ion nearly from North to South, and by facilitating military movements, mnit, in the unhappy event of future dillmbance;, prove ellen tially advantageous. The plan and the execu thm, as far as it h's proceeded, have met his Excellency's entire appro'xition; and this great na tional work is likely to he very fpecdily completed under the aufpices of Government—in the evening of that day, lit! reached Avondale, near Rathdrum, the delightful feat of :hi JOHN PARN EL, where he and his company flept. On the following morn ing they proceeded to infpe4l the copper-mines at Cronebawn and Ballymurtagh, and from thence the gold-mines at Croghan, where they minutely e.ramincd into the proccfs employed for colleaing the gold. They then vifited At klow. from thence they afccnded the river to Ballyarthur, the feat of the Rev. JAMES SY MES, where they dined and flcpt. The renwntic beauties of that charm ing place, and the uncommonly rich and fob. lime feenery which is exhihited throughout the whole of the enchanting Valley of Ovoca, claimed and obtained the highell admiration and the warm eft encomiums from his Excellency and his atten dants. On the following morning they proceeded to the town of Wicklow, for the purpofe of exa mining the hat boor, and milking fuch obfervations as enable Government to decide on the belt mode of improving it; an object of the &ft impoi truce, not only to that county but to the commerce of all that part of the kingdom, where a line of coati from Wexford to Dahlia of near 70 miles, does not afford to the diilrefied mariner in tentrelluous sseather, a fin;;lc poi t where even a wherry can enter with f..curity. Both Mr. and Mrs. A srLvy came forward taq night at the Royal Amphitheatre, in the beautiful Scotch IpeChicle of the frm rower, with very dif tinguillted and honourable eclat, and ,:ifplayed in their refpeClive characters of JoLin and l'Eacy, fi;mc of the finelt afting the Stage can I)oaft of. The houfe overflowed at an early hour, and the applaufe given to the performances of the evening, gives us reafon to lament that the fpeClacle of the Iran Tower cannot be repeated after this week. We find that on this evening, that admirable produCtion the Fire King, or Allen and will be revived at the Royal Circus, St. George's Fields, for the hit time but fix of its reprefetita tion, at the expiration of which a grand Hiiloti cal Spectacle that has been a long time in rehear fal, will be produced with Lew mufic, fcenery, machinery, dreffes and decorations. he Eelipft, or Harlequin in China, is every night received with the greateft applaufe by a moll cross ded audience, fuch is its vat' fplendour and its excellent mufic, which is by Mr. W. WA as. Saturday morning four horfcs were flolen out of the fields of Mr. lowland, at Barnet. Yellerday Morning Metcalf, the perfon taken into cußody 2 Ihort time fince at Weymouth, for makinr, a diatirbance in the 'flicatre when their M.ijLiiiei were prefent, and trial is fuppoted to be A maniac, was brought to Town from that place under the care of a Mc:ll:ngzr, and Carp meal, care of the flow -greet Otlie,Ts. and was lodg ed in the HattieHaufcof Corredion, Cold II all-F.:lds. prifoner, the night before his removal nem Weymouth, nude his cfcape out of the gaol there, and immediately went up to Glouceder Li die, and it:filled upon tieing his M.sfs,r v, prevnding, he had very important burin:ls, vi hen he was again fecured, and conduned back to pr iron. It appears that he has ferved in the army and navy, but from his incoherent manner, there is hardly it doubt of his being in a deranged Itate of On Saturday, as a patty of Ladies amid Gen tlemen were amtoing theniii.ives in ass' - :Ty on the Thames near Shepperton, a Ctlmon leaped from the river and fell into the 1).-tt. In the fliuggle to feice the fith the wherry 'WAS precipi tated down the ilream, and was at length fiv , .r. turned, but the place was fortunately ft (hallow, that none of the parties were drowned, though they were immerfed head ever cars in the water. A Gentleman, who fivi the accident, induced the party to accompany to hishotp:tahh. manion, where a change of clothe. w... proenred fortunate party ; but the Lady rf M 7. N who was far advanced in plena:l,y, with violent. crnvulticity., in int . •_liicr.l fright, and c.i.v:icl A for N t F 4 :ICI. OI the W'