Star.
London, England, 1808-11-16 00:00:00

FRENCH MESSENGER.
At a late hour last night a Messenger arrived
the Foreign Office with dispatches from the Free
Minister for Foreign Affairs, in answer to the di
patches lately sent to Paris with Mr. Slum. 11
contents of these dispatches have not transpired,
the general opinion is, that the correspondence whi
was lately commenced is very near a close.

NAVAL ACTION.

The Thetis, a French frigate of 50 guns, and
of the largest in their service, has been captured
his Majesty's ship AMETHYST, after one of the
spirited actions that has been fought during the co
sent war. The particulars are detailed in the foils
ing letters

4, PLYMOUTH, NOVEMBER it

44 There is now towing in the French frigate'llie
of 44 guns, a prize to his Majesty's frigate Aurratt
of 36 guns, Captain SEvmoun. • She is from L'Ori;
bound to Martinique, laden with 1000 barrel:. of Ett
Captain SEYMOUR fell in with her in the night IA
and engaged her yard-arm and yard-arm, for tEx
_hours and twenty minutes.—The Thetis had on born
100 soldiers, besides her full complement—Her

in killed and wounded amounts to 220; and the

on board the AMETHYST nineteen killed and fifty.

wounded.—Captain SEYWUR speaks in the
terms of his Officers and gallant crew."

ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.

LO The SHANNON frigate is now off the R.ind:ea;,
with la Thetis French frigate, of 50 gun,, in tow,.
Thursday, the 10th instant, at five o'clock in Li
evening, she left L'Orient, bound to hlartiniqns
she had 100 soldiers on board, and 2000 birrelid.
flour. In less than three hours from her 1e
L'Orient, she fell in with our frigate the AXENTSZ
of 36 guns, commanded by Captain MICH.kELSEt•
MOLTR, who brought her to close action, which co
menced at ten o'clock, and lasted for three hours ad
twenty minutes, with almost the muzzles of the
guns touching, when she struck. Our men fang':
nobly, as did the enemy. In the action, the Ai
TRYST'S mizen-mast was shot away : during its vial
over the side, our men gave three cheers. The Theti
also lost her inizen.mast. This, I believe, is thi
most severe action fought between two frigates &rill
this war. The enemy lost in killed and wound°
250 men ; among the former were her Captain za

two Lieutenants, and out of 100 soldiers she hada
board, only 14 remained alive; they were lying m
the quarter-deck like a flock of dead sheep —Ourks;
consisted of 19 killed and 50 wounded; among tix
former, I am sorry to say, was Lieutenant KLNDO
of the Royal Marines ; and, among the latter, Lis,
tenant PAYNE, of the same corps, badly."
ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.

a Arrived this morning his Majesty's ship A*
TRYST, Captain SETMOUR, from a cruize, and la
brought in with her the French frigate Thetis, of
guns, with a crew of 400 men, and 100 soldiers, hir-
ing on board 1000 barrels of flour and a batta4
train, from L'Orient for Martinique, which shear
cured on the 10th instant, after a desperate acizeaa
three hours and twenty minutes, in which the Theis
was totally dismasted, had her Captain killed, :A
280 men killed and wounded : the AMETHYST 101
her mizen-mast, had 19 men killed, and 51 wounded!

past watching an op]
ted in a former let;
sold that soon after,
watching their move
of the 10th inst.) or
be immediately gav;
action, which contin
for three hours and
which, it is stated, tl
tbe anchors of the
Thetis's fore-chains
val attempts to carr,
that they were as re]
by the marines and
above period, the T 1
complete wreck, ]
d the crew killed ;
loss, we ate sorry t(
ng 19 men killed a
P Lieutenant KENI
Snd Lieutenant P.
wounded badly.
a The Thetis hs
barrels of flour at
lery, for the use an
al crew of 400 me
bique, but it is saic
ter are living.
a Soon after the
*by the TRIt MPH,
36 gnus, which sh
berry cannonadin,
Iwe understand the
Captain fiensioute

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office. The foil(
Of PbITLAND, M
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nooEi
n
teen already sent
Patriots ; but of s
'This morning
passed through th
waterside, for emi
In Sir DAVID
only one tent is a
pant, and only of
Asa mark of
colonel, Lord D
Dragoons, in Can
ing on Sunday la
Colonel BURN,
Uarines, is appc
Woolwich, vice ]
teed Colonel BUR
promoted to be I.
3Division, vire Li
to be Major of th
to Chatham.

The division 0
at Falmouth on
of Lieutenant 'W
_Scilly, sailed froi
in all about fifty
cept seven, whit;
to France '7OOO i
Of the second di,
sail, very few
and apprehensioi
ships. The Masti
that the amount
these vessels wa
a soldier but hi
Portugal gold el
of all description
of fifty tons, pla
the whole estim
The Master of c
eetved a present
eery he carried I
The followim
one of these shi
the evacuation i
met a lady in tl
her finger. T 1
the ring, Comm
If the miscrean
his sabre, and a
hand, which,
Pocket, and co
• under!
Yesterday th
' to be cor
and Il

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Long Ann. 18{ ' .Ipgt OffiniTenCinapatsat,inandi
We have this day continued our Extracts from , 6,o4lr.fher Coning in, tots
French Papers. The parts which we have fry, ''Zat, of 50 guns,
from the Exposi, with those which we yesterday m—
ons; but it is so yer
before the Public, make up the most important „ ~,,' Can get into the
of that document—a document of singular andta Ir":, it apears that
paralelled effrontery, and unblushing impudence, At
cat _
of thp ree frigates
the present moment we cannot afford rooni at
LA
watching an Op
columns for the strictures which it demands, bta.q LA in a former let
shall take an early opportunity to expose a feyza
sn'd that soon after,
most prominent feitures.
_.t.ine. their move