Star.
London, England, 1808-10-03 00:00:00

PLYMOUTH, OCT. 1.

Came in the SYEILLE, of 36 guns, from a cruize.
Sailed the Sconnow, of 18 guns, to the Westward ;
and LOIRE, of 38 guns, for the coast of Spain. Came
in the ENDEAVOUR, of 12 guns, from the Westward,
with a fleet of coasters under convoy. Sailed the
CRANE schooner to the Westward, and the PILCHARD
schooner for the Channel Fleet.
PORTSMOUTH, OCTOBER 1.

An Admiralty Messenger arrived here this morn-
ing,
with dispatches for Admiral TYLER, which, we
understand, is to order him to 'trotted to the Down:,
as it is intended the Russian Squadron shall.be laid
up in the River Medway.—The Ater Schooner is
cruizing off St. Helen's, with the dispatches, to de•
liver them to the Admiral the moment he arrives off
the Port.

The CORMORANT, Captain HUGHES, arrived last
night, with a convoy from the Cape of Good Hope.
She sailed on the 3d of July, and from St. Helena on
the 26th. The RAISONABLE, Commodore ROWLEY ;
GRAMPUS, HARRIER, and CHARWELL, were lying at
the Cape. Three ships, which sailed from England
under convoy of the THETIS frigate, were lying at St.
Helena ; they were to proceed to the Cape, to take
the 89th Regiment to Ceylon. The LION, 64, Cap-
tain HEATHGOTE, with a convoy for the East Indies,
had touched at the Cape. General CLAVERINO, Ge-
neral TURNERi and Mr. Mutts" late Commissary-
General at the Cape, came passengers in the convoy.
The NEPTUNE, 98, Sir THOMAS WILLIAMS; and
the Pomozs, 80, Capt. Cocaatatx, have sailed from
Plymouth, for Barbadoes.—lt is understood that they
are gone to co-operate in an attack on the bland of Mar-
tinique.

An order which had been given to repair several
line-of-battle ships, at the different ports, for Commis-
sion, has been rescinded, and an order given for a
number of frigates and smaller ships, to be immedi-
ately put into a state of repair for service. The Da-
SULU, BRAAVE, AQUILOW, ANDROMEDA, and BARBA•
nom, at this port, are included in the latter order.—
It may be presumed that the blockade of Cadiz and
Lisbon being done away, is the reason of this al-
teration.

OCT. 2.--As7ived his Majesty's ship INDIGNANT,
from the Downs ; l'Esmcs.s from Cork, with a con-
voy; and I..mmrr from a cruize.--Wind S.W.
DEAL, OCTOBER 1.

A very unfortunate circumstance happened last
night, about seven o'clock, to a boat belonging to the
BOMBAY, when returning from the shore to the ship
by upsetting in a heavy squall, and it being very thick
at the time, the deplorable situation of the crew could
not be discerned by the ships or shore boats : a boat
belonging to the LEVIATHAN, with Captain HARVEY,
promiscuously fell in with the boat some time after
the accident, and succeeded in saving four of the crew,
who were nearly exhausted, and put them on board a
brig of war lying in the Downs. The following is a
list of the unfortunate sufferers, and those saved,. viz,
Daownso—Lieutenant ALLCOT ; Mr. Tromsson, Boat-
swain ; two Midshipmen. four seamen, one Coxswain, ono Cor.
pen], and four privates of Marines.
Ssno—Two seamen,one Serjeant, and one prince of Ma-
rines. .

Thelooat had been at the Do& Yard, and was partly
laden with stores.

rlve, AN Ate cat a ern w off'
'Mashing. Sailed the immait.uty pa brig with a
roomy far Portranoath.

Oczonsa S.—Arrived the Ewootnrrea gun brig
from Ireland. Sailed the MUSQUITO sloop for Yar•
mouth. Wind 8. by W. and blows hard.
Arrived the Srscut.Avon lugger, after parting with
her convoy of transports with the Spanish troops on
board, in lat. 40. 81. N. long. 4. 48. W. under ton•
vay of the Reoeton and 13meaolettAvnt, with a fait
wind for Spain.—Sailed for the River the rhomisi
amt.—Arrived the Betsey, Quorrox, from the River,
for Rio Janeiro.
YARMOUTH, ocyrosatt t

Arrived this morning the ALEIXANDKLII fi4gate and
BRISSIII sloop of war, from a cruise.-.400d tile
CLAUDIA cutter, with letters for the fleeto-Arind SM.
In the Roads—Roebuck and Starling, Admirals RvstsLs sad
Doothais (lag ships); Thonderer, St.Albona, Naas% Acute,
and Seahrk schooner.
FROM LLOYb'S UST.
Gaatzscuts, OCT% hem-Arrived the Queen Matinee, Wyer,
from Malta, and the S6%h, Prank, from t§lova &loth. Sailed the
Sydney Cove, M,Lauren, for New South Widest Levi*, Thom).
eon for Comsat; Aristides, Oallasher, for Gettestburgh ; ohd
Brother., Evans, for Malta,

The Trelawny Philter. DUNCAN, rem Loudon to
Honduras, is taken by two privateers and carried into
Cuba.

The Ditossarmar store-shipi from Antigua, Is ar.
rived at Portsmouth.

LIGHTNINO...-.011 the 13th ult. the SULIAW, of 74
guns, Captain GRIFFITH, lying at Port Mahon, Mi-
norca, was struck with lightning, in a way that was
truly awful and terrific :—The Officers were at dinner,
when, in a moment, the ship received a dreadful shock,
as though a ball of fire had struck her, and had gone
quite through, making an explosion in its passage as
loud as the explosion of a quantity of gun-powder.
The Officers, as it were, involuntarily rushed cut of
their cabins, and discovered that it had struck the jib.
boom, killed seven men, badly wounded three others,
and, conducted by some of the iron-work, ran along
the jib-boom, tore it to pieces, struck the cap of the
1 bowsprit, shivered it, and then fell into the water.-
-The three poor fellows who' were wounded, were
dreadfully mangled. The unfortunate sufferers were
some of the best seamen in the ship.