Star.
London, England, 1808-05-12 00:00:00

DFAL, MAY 11.

Arrived this morning, and sailed for the River, the
Em-ydiCe, ComrroN, from Surinam ; also armed his
Majesty's sill!) A r.rxt, 111.1, from Plymouth, and re-
mains in the Downs v:111 his Majesty's ships, &c. as
per last. Wind Southerly.

YARMOUTH, APRIL 11.
This morning, after repairing her dAmages, sailed
the MAGNET sloop of war, to join the Eipertition.
Arrived the VESTAL frigate, PROSELYTE bomb, and
ZE3OIIIA. sloop of war and remain with the MAJF.STIC,
ROEBUCK, NASSAU, STATELY, and HAVOC.—Wind
S. S. W. strong breeze.
P. S, The ZENORIA has brought over Capt. BLAND,
late of the. Flora, wrecked; Captain DRNNLS, of the
Sparkler, ditto ditto, and several other officers wrecked
in a transport coming from Copenhagen last January.
Up to tha, latest date of our letters, it appears_that
the French privateers still continued their depreda-
i tions in the Bay of Bengal; and that the Calcutta
Irkstirance Company alone had sustained losses to the
mount of 20 Lacs of rupees.

tions ;
Admiral NuCENT.
Rear Admital;,--Maax ROBINSON and q. Losacx,
Generals—Si: JAWS BOLTR NET, CASICREII., GWYKIir,
Lord HILATUTIELD and STANWIX.
Major General the Hun. ALE% A NOR R Hors.
Lieutenant Ger.eials—Tuciawrost, PHIPPS, 8aN6924, Rural,
Sir A. Wurrest.tr and BIOWNRIGO.
Colonel BROWN, of the 12th Light Dragoons.
Captains—ay. LOSACK anal CRAraZI.
Ills MAJESTY held e Privy Council, and gave au;
diences to the Duke of PORTLANI and the other Ca-
binet Ministers.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the
East-India House, when Captain CoLoiles, of the
Trays s,, took leave previous to departing for Ma-
deira, Madras, and Bengal. A. CUNNINGHAM, Esq.
was appointed the COmpaay's Agent at the Brazils.
The neighbourhood of Exeter is likely to be very
gay in consequence of the.gallant Admiral, Sir Tito-
MAS Ducetwoiten's marriage with ;he daughter of the
late Bishop BULLER, of that Diocese. Sir THOMAS
has fitted up, in a very handsome manner, his new -- -
purchase and Mansion of Wear, about four miles I In the list of Indian deaths for November is inclu.
from Exeter, on the Exmouth road. Mahogany is did the name of WALTER Gemor, Esq. late Master
the general timber made use of within doors. ( in Equity of the Supreme Court.
The late Admiral RAINIER has left property to the I A Madras Paper gives a circumstantial account of
amount of nearly 1.2.50,000 ; and after providing the dreadful effects of a hurricane experienced at Ma.
amply for his near relations, has made the following dras and its vicinity, in the month of December.
bequest : Fiees.—A fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon,
.‘ I bequeath one-tenth part of my personal property to the in Dover, in the warehouses belonging to Messrs.
Chancellor of the Exchequer, for the thou being, towards the re- ; FECTOR and MINET, which raged with sech fury
ductiun of the National Debt, in acknowledgment of the renerous
'bounty of the national establishment of the Royal Navy, in New. eater part c them in a few
as to destroy the great ff
I have acquired the principal part of the fort one I now have, hours. The fire was first discovered in a cellar where
which has exceetred my merit and pretensions." a great deal of turpentine was stowed, which- soon
communicated with the rooms above. Fortunately,
Thurday last died, at the Deanery, Boct.ing, Suf.
folk, the Right Honourable and very Reverend Lord i the water was kept up in the pent, and soldiers being
Citaiteess AANSLEY only brother of his -Grace the procured front the garrison, prevented the lire front
Duke of Maim.. His Lordship was in hi; :37th year, getting to the storehouses belonging to the Ordnance,
and by his Majesty's permission took the name of . where there was much ammunition; a great part of
Asa:slew, CM his marriage with Miss As sst.EY, of which, however, was taken out, and put on hoard a
Littleharle Tower, in Northumberland, by whom he vessel in the harbour. A groat number of the lithe-
' has left a son and two daughters. bitents belonging to the lower part of the town shut
The small Militia corps are -in futere to be em- up their homes, and went upon the hills, fearing the
' ployed ip manning the various forts and batteries on magaeine would blow up. A Grecian ship, which
the Coast. has been detained here a considerable time, caught
The Ennis Yeomanry Infantry have volunteered fire several times; but the engines being well supplied,
to extend their services to any part of Ireland ; and prevented her from receiving very considerable (V-
I the Ennis Cavalry to any part of the county Clare. mage : her main and mizen mast, with her rigging,
The 9th, 40th, and 91st regiments of foot, are under were much burnt. Three of the soldiers got hurt,
orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark at but not dangerously ; happily, no lives were lost.
The fire was not quite extinguished yesterday. The
the Royal Cardigan Militia molted from warehouseses being nearly filled with different sorts of
Cork.Fmo n
day
aversham to Canterbury, on their route for Deal ; goods, the loss seal be very great, the fire being so
and the Royal Flintshire Militia, matched into Can. very fierce as to prevent people from going into some
terbury on Sunday, also on their route lOr the ,of the rooms where goods were stowed : some sugar,
Coast. coffee, and wine were got out.
An invitation has been held out by. Government Yesterday morning,'between three and four o'clock,
Ito the Volunteers of Ireland, to extend their services a fire broke out in the yard of Mr. Coares, a coach-
'to any part of that King4om in case of invasion or builder in Blackfriars'sroad. Several new and act
insurrection. Several corps of Yeomanry and fro- icarriages, the workshops, &c. as also several tene-
lunt&rs have accordingly volunteered their services ments, were destroyed. The fire was occasioned, it
in this manner. is said, by the carelessness of a hackney coachman,
Monday the 24th Foot marched from the New in leaving a light in his Ferriage after putting it up at
n gacakl of o
mthstef re-
Theil-ia
Barracks, Chelmsford, on their route to Tilbury a late hour the night before. It is impossible to descrite
mires
they of were the
running
Fort, there to embark for. Guernsey. the distress
47th also marched the same day froTn Chelms7 isea
ford on the same route. peoplerni
living
bon at t the
naked,back
tic, while others were busily employed* in removing
The lOth regiment is ordered from Chelmsford tp their furniture, etc. In the confusion, a Jew of the
Weeley barracks. name of Solomon, who bad put his purse in his pock( a,
The Rutland Militia ilwy! marched from Deal was robbbed of it, which contained considerabli
Folkekone. Wm.
Breves promotion, in the p4zatte of lieturday • Yesterday morning, -at half past six o'clock, a fire
tast, will displece several officers now on the staff— broke put at a pawnbroker's, in Portpool-lane, Gray's
Lieutengnt-Genera! CART RIGHT, in consfiqueneft, rpslismelape. and we are concerned to add, that the owner
linguishes the command of the brigade of cavalry in : of the house perished in.endeavouring to save part of
.
Canterteurp • his property.