Star. — London, England, 1801-04-08 00:00:00

)I.IiITICAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS THIS DAY.-.WIND S. W. AIIIVLD o Harnbursh z Dublin, April 4, • Waterford, • Donna/ka4ec, April 4• • Liibon, March. 23, COVE OF CORK, MARCH 3a The command of the convoy for the Weft- Indies is transferred to his Majefty's chip Cut out's, Captain M I NAMARA EstsaaLo goes with'the fleet to the Weft-Indies alfo.—We arc juft getting under way, wind S. S. and hope we {hall not put bickasain. Fjulittit i rr7, APRIL 3'. Arrived the'Painca of WALES packet, Captain' TODD, f r om Liiboti, with Mails, dated 23d March. She failed from this place on the t ith of March, and arrived at Lifbon on the 16th, where the found his Majefey's !hip Mot:racy, and the Joskrx cotter ; the latter of which failed for Gibraltar daring the time the remained in the Tagus.— She left Lilbon on the 23d of March, at which time the McnraGne was the only King's Oil) in the Tagus, and the WALSINGHAM packet. .--On the ad inftant, in lat. 3a the packet (poke the American brig Mary, Capt. —, from Liver pool, bound to Lillian ; and on the 3d inftant, in ht. 49. his Majeay's fhip IMMORTALITZ, of 16 guns, Capt. HoTHAM, who had captured a French cutter. This packet does not bring any particular news from Lifbon ; the Portuguefe troops Aill continue to march to the Frontiers, but neither they nor the Spaniards teem much inclined to come to blows : the Poituguefe, it is faid, entertain great hopes of being able to purchafe peace with France. A Portuguefe.Amballador was expelled to embark in a few days for France. _ Arri vcd the brig Fidelity, W LLtAM, from Liver pool: the Two Brothers, Bass, from Briftol; and feveral coafters from Wales, with coals for the Mines. Sailed yeilerclay the Vrow Elizabeth, Pruifian doggcr, Cipt. Azzaptexo, for France.—Wind N. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 7. Arrived the GRAND FALCON cutter, from Mar : and Dozy His cutter, with a French priva. tea her prize. PLYMOUTH, APRIL 6. Came in the Hercule French brig privateer, of 4 guns, and ra men, taken three days ago by the ATALANTR, of i 8 guns, Captain GRIFFITHS ft belongs to St. Maloes, and had been from that port only three days, without having taken any thing. The Jonge Conrad, of Pappenburg, Capt. GILD JOHANNES, from Bourdeaux, bound to Dublin, laden with brandy and urine; detained by the DORIS, of 36 guns, Captain MANSPIELD,..-. Kr. SAND L DILTRATT, a merchant of Briftol„ with his wife, three children, and three krvants, came pallingers in the Jonge Conrad ; they were carried into Bourdstux by a French privateer about eight weeks ago, in the Leander, from Jamaica, to Brifiol.—The Danifh flip Samuel, Capt. STE. SISSON, from Nantes, bound to Alton, in Waft ; detained by the Animus, of 38 guns, Captain HILBERT, formerly the Samuel, of Liverpool. Sailed the Sr IT of so guns, Capt. Kat N, on a cruife. Carne in the ATALANTR, of 18 guns,Capt. Curtin's, from a cruife; and the G , of lc guns, Captain HONETKAN, from the coat of France, with a French brig in tow, now coming into the Sound. Came in a French brig, name unknown, from Nantr, in ballaft, bound to Bourdeaur ; fhe was raptured on the a4th ult. by l'lnevru tut, of 78 guns; Amnia, of 38 guns; and Sea-flower pri vateer, of Jerfey : ten other brigs were captured at the fame time, but being in ballaft, and of little value, they were defiroyed. On the t6th ult. the Am/ LI A chaced upwards of fir hours the Guenier- French frigate. of 44 guns, bound from L'Orient lo Rochefort, into which place fhe cfcaped fhe was &flirted to join a large fquadron fitting out at that pok. Came in the Swan, of North Yarmouth, JOHN 10417 AN T, from London, with wheat, for Liver. Pool, taken by a French privateer, and retaken lay the GARLAND, of 20 guns,. Captain HONITSIAN the Hendrick Johannes, of Poppenburg, CLAUS mafter, from Tramelor, with falt, detain- ed hy the Lord Nelien privateer, of this port t alto ti. ; *I 4..1c4 er, of Weymouth, Wien with pipe clefs . - orn Pool, bound to Liverpool, cut out of Cher. 44. 1,h, by the boats of the Jason and Larwtmo kißates ; fhe is now alhore on the call end of M , uLt Batten, but may get off next flood. LEWES, APRIL 6. Oa Tuefday everting we! French privateers, a trite lugger, and. • a brig, took three rr.erchant in - Hallings Road, about a mile and a half f'om itore, i n fi ght of a great number of (pea ..tels. The battery guns kTt up a brilk fire at gym, but apparently without e#edt. The above te, Lo doubt, the fame of which laft week 14ado faczal captures of Seaford and Newhaven. FROM THE LONDON a.% zn-rt, APRIL 7. ADMIRALTY.OFIICE, APRIL 7. Copy of a letter from Rear-Admiral DuccwosTß, Comman der in Chief of his Mijetty's chips and veffers at the Leeward Minds, to EVAN NE !ZAN, Efq. dated Martinique, Febru ary 16, tgot. Sir—Having learnt, from the arrival of the Cs t cu rrs on the 12th ult. that a convoy might be foon exported, I difpatched all the fquadron with in my reach to cruize to windward of Barbadoes for its protection, which has eventually proved for tunate ; for the particulars refpating it I (hall re fer you to Captain Basusv's letter of the 6th inft. herewith tranfmitted ; as alfo to the letters of Cap tain. MANGY, of the BOURDELOIS, of the 16th of January and the 2d of this month, on which he whites molt fully. I mutt beg you to call the at tention of my Lords Commiflioners of the Admi ralty CO the meritorious conduit of Mr. Buthsowss, Commander of the chip JUPITER, bound to Ja maica, who, after he had loft convoy, collated more than fifty fail, and made fuch a difpolition of the largeft chips for the protection of the whole, as evidently deterred the fmall fquadron afterwards brought to aCtion by the 800 RDELOI3, from attack ing them ; and by that judicious and public-fpirit ed flep, all but thole which branched cff for Suri nam, &c. arrived fare at.Barbadoes. (Signed) J. T. DUCKWORTH. Estndt of a letter from Captain BEADS?. Commander of his Msjeßy's Ihip AN D ILO Id EDA,tO Rcar-Admlxal Doc [WO ItTe, dated Martinique, February 6, doz. Enclofed are two letters from Captain MAIM tome, from which the fervice he has rendered to the different Iflands, by deftroying a fquadron fent out by VICTOR HUGHES, for the interception of the outward bound convoy, fpeaks for itfelf. , His Majefty's Coop BOURDSLOIS, JanUM7l6, 180 z, off Tencriffe. Sir—On the Bth inflant, off Palma, in a calm, I difpatched two boats under the orders of Lieute nant BARRIE-, in purfuit of a orange fail in the S. E. ; after a fatiguing row of fourteen hours, Lieu-. tenant BARRIE, at two P. M. with only one boat being up with the chace, boarded her with great gallantry, although oppoled by ten Frenchmen, who kept up a fmart fire from four four-pounders ;• the proved to be the Adventure of London, one of the convoy which had parted company in the firti gale of wind ; the French prize-mailer was wounded by a Guilds, the only blood fpilt on the occafion. Gaining information from the Adventure, that on the fame day the was captured by the Mouche privateer, c Bourdeaux, the Mouche likewife cap tured a valuable copper-bottomed fhip, bound to Earhadoes, and as both veffels had orders to pro ceed to Santa Cruz, in Teneriffe, I confidered it my duty to puth for that port, and by plying hard with the fweeps all the 9th, I arrived of Santa Cruz on the morning of the loth, when I had the pleating fatisfaCtion of refcuing the above-mention ed Britith fhip from the hands of the enemy; the proved to be the Aurora of London. (Signed) Captain BLADIT, ANDROMEDA. T. MAN BY. His Majefty's flap Boom's:A:us, Carliac-Bay, Barbadoes, Fsbniary z, aor. Sir—Three days ago, being on the nation you ordered me to cruize for the proteCtion of our (cat tered convoy, I acquaint you, for the information of the Lords Commitlioners of the Admiralty, that at noon three fail were defcried to windward evi dently in chace of us, which I foon difcovered to be an enemy's fquadron, confining of two large brigs and a fchooner :—having Shortened fail, en abled them to be well up with us at Sun-fet, when I wore round to give them battle ; at fix I had the honour of bringing the largeft brig to clofe aftion at about ten yards diftance, but was not fo fortu nate with the other veffels, who fought very thy on the orcation, on obferving we were enabled to fight both fides at once ; thirty minutes of clofe earronade with my near opponent complete ly Silenced him, when he hailed that he had (truck, and lowered his topfails, when his companions made fail from us : but I think I can fafeiy aver they ate fufficiently damaged to fpoil their cruize. —My Firft Lieutenant, Mr. Rosati. BARRII, on taking poffefticn of the prize, found her to be a 'remarkable fine French National corvette, called la Curieufe, pierced for twenty guns, but only eighteen long . nine -pounders mounted, one hundred and fixty-eight men, and commanded by Captain G. RADELIT ; fent out from Cayenne twenty-eight days ago, by VICTOR Hoc rs, with this Iquadron, to intercept the outward-bound Weft India fleet. With real concern I acquaint you, that we had one man killed and (even wound ed in the aCtion • but from the abilities and atten tion of Mr. G. itoDDA 11, my furgeon, I truft the latter are hid" , .to do well: Lieutenant BARRIE films one bf the number, bdt difdained to quit his quarters. Mr. J. Jonas, Matter's Mate, and Mr. J. Limes, Midthipman, are included in this lift. The killed and wounded in the corvette amount cd to nearly fifty, her deck, fore and aft, being coveredwith the dying and the dead. The French Captain furvived but a few hours, having loft both his legs, and many of the priioners were in an equally pitiable hate. A melancholy and painful talk is now impofed on me to relate the fad cataarophe attending this capture, which, after being more than an hoar in our poffellion, was found to be rapidly finking, in confequeOce of her innumerable Shot-holes .: every exertion was made to prefcrve her; but, alas I at eight the foundered dole betide us. I bad, Tome June previous to this event, ordered every body to quit her; but Britith Humanity, while ftriving to extricate the wounded Frenchmen from deftrueion, weighed fo forcibly with Mr. AILCHISALD Most. cum ear and twenty brave followers, that they per fevered in this meritorious fervice until the veffel funk under them. The floating wreck, I rejoice to fay, buoyed up many from de ffruaion; but with forrow I mention Mr. Fa Srsact and Mr. AUCKLAND, two promifing young gentlemen, with five of my gallant crew, unfortunately perifbed. The delay occafioned by this unhappy event, fe ' curing one hundred and twenty pnfoners, knot. ling the rigging, and repairing fails, detained me until e levetibefare I could purfoe the flying enemy, which, I affure you, was done withal all alacrity, bat 'without fusafs, as the g ured glair itatax• I cannot conclude ibis account of my proceed. ins without informing you how highly I approve or the conduit of Lieutenant RORRI.T BARRIE, Lieutenant JAMES ALIXANDIR GORDON, Mr. MACCLIVIRTY the Mailer, and Mr. MONTGOML. v, my •Aeting Lieutenant. The proceedings of Warrant and Petty Officers gave me every latisfa‘rlion ; and I have not words to offer fufliciently in the praife of the Ship's rom pany for their Heady obedience to my orders in not walling a Tingle shot; I trult it will not be deemed too alluming in my recommending my Firlt Lieu tenant Mr. Roatar BARRIE to the notice of the Lords Commiffioners of the Admiralty as an Of ficer highly worthy of advancement. (Signed) T. MARRY. N. B. Allow me to fubjuin the fiatement of the enemy's force, and to mention, that the only cap ture made by this fquadrou was the Sufan brig, of Halifax, bound to Surinam, which they burnt. La Curicufe, of 390 tons, i 8 nine-pounders, t6B men, not two years old, with 34 feet beam, and yo tett keel, commanded by Captain GaOROL RADE LL La Mutine, of goo tons, 16 long 6i-pounders, zy6 men, com manded by Captain J. R RAUN. L'Efper.utee fehooner, mounting 6 four-pounders, ss men, commanded by Captain HATMOND. J. T. DUCKWORTH. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZF-MONEY. The crew of the EXCELLENT, for the capture of la Belle Francaife, l'Heureuz, and la Belle Julie, will be paid their proportions of the proceeds of Paid prizes on board the laid Ibip at Plymouth, before fhe proceeds to fea. The crew of the sloop GiElt, for the re-capture of the Crown brig, began to be paid their propor tions of the Paid falvage, on board, on Tuefday the 3111 of March. HULL, APRIL 6. About five o'clock in the morning of Monday Jail, the brig Trelawny, Capt. FILL, from Yar mouth to Gainfbrough, run upon Wilton fand, between Batton and the month of the Trent. Her cargo, confifting of goo quarters of barley, was entirely loft, but the hull of the vcffel it i s es . pe&ed will be Paved.—The lives of the people on board were providentially preferved. On Friday the GOOD Des icts, armed Ihip, failed from hence, with the Q . 2 . eacc Packet, and other Ihips, from this port for Spithead and the fouth, under convoy; the likewife took a draft of feamen from on board the NONSUCH, for the Nore. A letter from Capt. WILKINSON of the Caroline of South Shields, dated from Yarmouth Roads, April 1, 180 t, to a perfon in this town, lays, " We have arrived here this morning, and thank Goo that we got away from Hamburgh, at the time we did, or we lhould have been flopped, as the Danes declared war againft us the day after we paffed the forts; we had time only to half load our 'hips." LIVERPOOL, APRIL 6. The Irene, NORRIS, from Dublin ; Neptune, GaIYVVTM, from Belfaft ; Surprize, WILSON, from Londonderry ; James, Gummi, from Drogheda ; John and Nancy, SMITH, from Colcrain ; Ellis, ALCORN, from Newry ; Friendfhip, HARDIE, from Sligo; Elizabeth, KENNEDY, from Newry; Ifa. belle, DAWSON ; Jack, SHARROCK ; Margaret, PAR RY, from Dublin ; Princefs, Lic IfTLEY, and Two Brothers, MoLLeit, from &Waft ; and the Pon fonby, THOMAS, (Dublin packet), with paffengers and luggage, arrived yefterday. The George, FLANAGAN, from hence; Juilina, Roof, and Duckingfield, CARR, from London, ar rived at Martinique. The Neptune, Bowie, is condemned at ditto. The Duke of Kent, Dove, from hence for Tor tola, has been put into Cork, and will fail with convoy. Parted with the Fletcher, NicHoLsoti, off Cape Clear. The Bolton, WATSON, from the Weft Indies for this port, taken, retaken, and carried into Ply mouth, failed from thence for this port on Tad: day laft, with a fair wind. The Frances and Mary, SPFNCE, that failed on Thurfday for Maryland, put back yefierday with lofs of rudder, having got on !bore. BRIDGE-TOWN, BARBADOBS, FEBRUARY 3. Yeilerday arrived here the Spanifh brigantine St. Jofeph, .captured by the Salamander, South Sea Whaler, Captain Hoer'', oEshe river Plata, laden with junk beef, and tallow : And thi.. morning the alarm fignals announced the approach of the remainder of the London fleet, which, to the number of feventy-five arrived in Carlifle Bay, between eight and nine o'clock.--The flips Severe, WASSON, and Martha, Mau., from this ifland, being among them ; and his Majelly's (hips ANDROIIIDA and Gottcon hav ing them under convoy. On board she Severn, camepaffengers, the Rev. Mr. Rieman]) AUSTIN, Mifs 21110101 , i Msa..and two Mifs Gausses, Mifs Smolt, and - Mr. and Mrs. almsaapos. ._... • . . Rear,Admiral Tarry is appdatied to the Zs at ova of 74 guns, which is urdaskd to join the North Sea fleet. The Roar has alto failed for the fame fervice. • • The Lords of the Admiralty have appointed Lieut. 'J. B. Bocci to the command of the liltooo - gun brig, lately hunched at Deptford. The Hero pr!vateer, of 16 guns, of St. Maloes, is taken and brought into Plymouth. . The larsausss packet, BAIN, for Invernefs, which had been taken, is retaken, and arrived in the River. • By the Nits cutter, Captain AROLIA, which arrived at Plymouth on Sunday night, we learn, that Sir EDWARD Ps ttsw, with four fail of the line and fouffrigates, were left, on the tft roll. off Rochefort, blocking up two French men of war, of 74. guns, and one frigate, which bad failed from L'Orient in order to join GANT II gamut's (qua dron ; but the batteries fo flrongly cover them that no attempt can be made to cut them out. The Nita paired through the Channel Beet, off Bred, all well, on the ad; and on the 3d (poke an Ame rican from Rochefort, the Captain of which dates, that accounts bad been received there that Gas. ensavm t's fqnadron was put into Toulon to rest. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET, CRAVEN IWEETENC4 zBoz. TUESDAY, APRIL 7. The Oat land Stakes, of sogs each, h. ft. To run D from the D . 1. Mr. Howorth's atippenham, 4 Tra old,ift.l3lb. Mr. Wilfon's Surprize, 3 yrs old, 611 603. 141. Sackyille's Expedtation, 4 yrs old, 811. Flb. 3 Mr. Herninies Kill Dean, 3 yrs old, ;R. 41b. - 4 Mr. Durand's Dico, 5 yn old, 81t. a sib. I.d. Sackvllles Robin Redbresit, 4 yrs old, BR. Sir F. Standifb's Stamford, 6 yrs old, BR. 71b.. Mr. Watfon's Canterbury, 4 yrs old, 7R. TA. Mr. Wyndham's Telegraph, 5 yrs old, 7ft. t zits. Mr. Adams's I Jumbo YII ofd, 711.. Mr. Whaley names Mi. 'W. Tittnnpfoes Expeditkm, s yrs old, 711. 81b. Mr. l.ake's Quarorzc, s yrs old, 7ft. 61b. Mr. Ph,li t ,s% Yik9f , ll3, 4 yrs old, 6ft. z [M. Mr. Durand's Alfton (late Chuckle), 3 yrs old, 68. Ob. Mr. Durand's Moll in the Wad, by Sir Peter, out of tee Yellow Marc. 3 yrs old, 311. 91b. Mr. Turner's Wear, s yrs old, 8ft..131b. - pd Mr. R. Heathcute's Hippona, 6 yrs old, M. zolb. pd Mr. Durand's Belllfilma, S yrs old, ER. 31b. - Pd 1.. d GroPrasor's b. e. by John Bull, out of Nimble, 3 yes old, 60.. 7:b. - • • • Pd Sir H. T. Varies c. by Coriander, out of Hooeft John's dam, 3 yrs obi, 6R. slb. Mr. erninesenr Sidney, 3 yrs old, 611.41 b. - pd 0' The Judge could place only the firft four. - . - - Three to i againit Chippenham—ts to t againfi Snrprict=s to I againq Expatation-8 to I Net Kill Devil—to to t againtl Dion—so tot agatnft Telegraph-5 tot againa Alit a-7 to 2 againft Moll in the Wad. Sweepdakes of songs each, h. ft.---81t. 41b. B.C. Ld. Grofrenor's b. e. by John Bull, oat of Nimble 1 Mr. Bravicon's Jidir-a-Lonterti - - a Mr. Cuffanth b. e. by Peodus, set of Sweethaut Pd Sir F. StandUles brother to Panfot - Pd Two to I on. Lord Grofvenor. Mr. Heathcote's Popinjay, 711. 71b. rec. bogs. from Mr. Howortlea Trull. 811. 71b. R. M. zoos'. h. ft. General Moasau has canted an elegant monu ment to be ere led at his own expence to the me mory of General DESAIX. The inhabitants of Stralburgh had made a fubicription for the pur pofe, but in confequence cf MOXEAU taking it on hintfelf, they have agreed to form a new prome nade, with a column at the extremity of it, in ho nour of the Army of the Rhine. The promenade is to bear the name of Hohenlinden. TALLIEN reached Calais on the 31 ft ult. accom. panied by Citizen DLLACOURCIERE. The per million given them by the Britlfh Government to return to France direaly, without going round by a Neutral Port, has been confidercd as a great fa vour on the part of the Englifh Government. Mrs. SIDDONS is now performing at Bath, where the will remain for a fortnight. An Italian Comic Opera is about to be efla blifhed at Paris, and the performers are laid to be numerous, and of the fira talents. \. Orzaa.—The amateurs of mufic were laft night gratified with the charming Opera of G u e Li t L MI, entitled La Bala Pefrairice, which has been fo long admired on the Continent. It was performed at the Pantheon for a few nights before the theatre in that place was burnt, and has been eagerly called far by the Subfcribers. It was laft night given in the purity of the original mailer, with the excep tion of a tingle air by Mazzlxarr. After the Opera was performed the new flatlet of Alonzo the Brave, mad the Fair Intogine, taken from the popular Poem of Mr. Lewis. It was dramatized by Mr. DIDILOT, who, with the li cence which an artift of his fuperior powers has a right to exercife, has materially altered the plan of the fable, and given it new incidents and a moral, though a mull flriking end. It is not cafy for the mind to conceive any thing more fublime and im preffive than the denouement as he has managed it.— The nsufic, and particularly the thorough bats of DRAGONITTI, (peaks to the foul on the appearance of the Speare—and the whole teem is full of ma i gical art. The grand fcrious Speaacle of /faialdini, brought out at the ROYAL CIRCUS, St. George's Fields, •is greatly admired for its interelling plot, beantifid (eatery, fuperb dreifes, &c. • and the Mufsc, Which is by Retrt, is very- exc ellent ; the Overture is ftriking, the Airs and Glees delightful; the Cho. ntik: very full, and the whole is compofed ia a mafterly manner, and produces a charming elfeft. Mr. Iste taro, the flying Phenomenon; being quite ' recovered, performed his furprifing Feats in a man ner that allonithed the audience. The Houfe, which•bas been newly embellithed and improved, has a very brilliant appearance; and the whole of the Attu `Dements gave infinite fatisfadion. • Eaatisti STA.YA LOTTlSlLY.—Thirty.firil Day. ya. 998, a Prize of aaaool.—No. 40440, al' Prite of 501. ' The•teported fall of St. Nicholas's fteeple, in Newcaftle, on Saturday fe'nnight, attended with fo malty terrible circumftances, fuch as killing butchers in the Hens-market, ctulling the neigh. boating houfes, &c. turns out to be a mere fabri. - cation. Monday fe'imight, about fix o'clock, a meteor was ken in the paeithes of Strathblane, Kipptai. and Fintray. According to the account of it me obfervcrs, its form was that of a paper kite, ac cording to others that of a ladle. Its diresltion was from N. E. to S. its apparent elevation, w hen feen from Fintray, about too feet. To tome ob (criers it bore an aqueous appearance, to others it was arrayed in the beams of the (cuing fun. To the inhabitants of Strattiblane, it teemed to dif folve over Fintray. On Monday la an ox was driven out of Smith. field market by a gang of bullock-hunters, which they ran into Gorwell-ftreet, and through Fling ton, and then directed his courfe into the City- Road, wherehe toffeJ a poor man, by which acci. dent his leg was broke, and he was conveyed to St. Bartholomew's Hofpital, where it was appre hended he mutt have tindergone amputation.— The fame beaft tolled two other perfons before he was fecured. One of the bon - tick-hunters was taken into cuflody, carried before the Magiftrates of the Police Office in Worthip-greet, and con , bided in the penalty of Soo. with coat.