Star.
London, England, 1808-01-25 00:00:00

DEAL, JANUARY 23.

Sailed the Urgent gun brig, for Yarmouth; Earnest
gun brig, for Sheerness ; Mutine sloop, on a cruize,
off Boulogne.
JANUARY 24.—Arrived the Resolute gun brig,
with a convoy, from Ireland, which are sailed for the
River ; Eclipse sloop, from a cruize off the Coast of
France ; Travers homeward bound East Indianian,

from Portsmouth, and sailed through for the River ;
also a fleet of transports from the westward, and sailed
to the northward. The Resolute gun brig has a sig-
nal flying for a convoy to the westward.

1M1t11.41,025, DICIMBER &
His Majest73 brig Civic:be arrived yestel* is
;Carlisle Bay, announctiagq.by the half-hoist 4 her co-
lours, the death of her Cralitain. The Chnieux, Cap-
tain &lemur, being cruising to windward of the
island, -fell. in on the 2d instant pith a American
vessel, from which he learned. that ai.Freach pri
vateer ship was to the northward of him. and in-'
stanily shaped- his course so as to all in with her,
he, at ten, P. M. the next day discovered her stand-
ing close-hauled under easy sail ,to the northward•
and eastward. The enemy is supposed about the
same time to have discovered the Curieux, for he

was soon after observed to bear .up, and set mote
sail, which induced the Curieux occasionally to
edge Of the wind, - to twing them soon up
with each other. At two P.. M. the brig having,
tacked, brought her to close action, the enemy appa-
rently well prepared, haTing taken in her royals, Ac.
and clewed up her mainsail, as she came into action.
A very heavy cannonade was kept up on both sides
for more than an hour, when the Curieuz, having ad-
vanced a little a-head, and become unmanageable
from her tiller ropes, bowlines, and braces being shot
away, the enemy took advantage of the occasion,
and running down on her,.attempted to board on the
starboard quarter. In gallantly repulsing this effort,
which he enemy made with a great number of men,
Captain SHERRI/Pr received a mortal wound, and se-
veral of his crew were killed.
Such, howtver, was the warm reception given the,
enemy, that he immediately fell off; but this laying
him across the Curieur's stern, she poured a raking
fire into her, which_ carried away the main boom,
cut the gaff, and greatly injured almost all the sails
and rigging ; Captain SIIERRIPP at the same time re-
' ceiving another wound, by which this brave Officer was

Cut off from Nature's and from Glory's course,
Which never mortal was so fond to run !

Lieutenant Mum, on whom the command now
devolved, continued the conflict with equal spirit ;
and the enemy again attempting to throw a number
of men on board, was driven back with such slaughter,
as discouraged any other attempt, and compelled him
to give up the contest. The Curieux Being much
disabled, had no chance of bringing the enemy again
to action, who n9w bore away and effected his escape,
leaving the Curiexu Ltor of the day.

The loss of the enemy must undoubtedly be consi-
derable ; that on our part we lament, has also been
great ; besides Captain SHERRI'S', whose manly heart
was fraught:with every generous and heroic quality,
eight seamen were killed, and 12 wounded. Lieu-
tenant Muir was also slightly wounded; and Mr.
Templeton, boatswain, dangerously.
The enemy's privateer is supposed to be the
late British Tar Guilwaman, of Bristol, built in
1797 at Plymouth ; of '247 tons burden, and now
mounting twenty-four 12-pounders, and one long 24-
pounder amidships, on a traverse ; with a comple-
ment of 180 men, and not more than ten or twelve
days from Point-a-Petre. The CUrieux is a small brig
of ten 24-pounder carronades and eight 6's, with only
110 men. The disparity, therefore, between the
combatants, gives a fait claim to our officers and men,
to victory ; while the enemy, withdrawing vanquished
from the fight, sought safety in retreat.

IRISH CATHOLICS.—The Catholics of Ireland seem
unanimous in their resolution to bring their case before
both Houses of Parliament in the course of the present-
Session. For this purpose they are following the
same course which they pursued in the years 1792
and 1793. Meetings are about to be convened in the
several counties, and in the principal towns through-
out the kingdom, in order to prepare and subscribe
petitions to Parliament. Some meetings, indeed,
have already taken place, and others are summoned.
—On the 16th instant' a meeting of the Catholics of
Cork took place at the Bush Tavern. arr.rincx
Rome, Esq. being called to the Chair, resolutions
were entered into, expressing their determination to
pursue every legal and constisutional means, for the
repeal of their remaining disabilities, and for which
purpose an humble petition to the Imperial Legisla-
ture was proposed and read by JUSTIN MACARTY, Esq.
which was unanimously agreed to. After this had
been disposed of, a Committee of Fourteen was cho-
sen, to act as the organ of the body for the city, and
to conduct every future proceeding relative to it.—
It is, we understand, the intention of the Catholics to
have their petitions to the House of Commons pre-
sented by their respective representatives. The pe-
tition from the main body of the Catholics connected
with Dublin will, it is said, be presented by Lord
MiT.ToN, and that to the House of Lords by Lord
GRENVILLE. The other Noble Lords, friendly to the
Catholic cause, will be solicited to present petitions
from the several counties.

The King of Prussia has ordered a Council of War
to assemble at Memel, to examine into the conduct of,
the Commanders of fortresses, And other Officers, that
capitulated in the contse: of the last campaign. Ge-1
nerals LesToca,and BLumixit are ipPointed.llembers
of it.
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Friday a. Court,Manial Wa's held, at Spithead, on
Mr. D. Cunningham, Boatswain of his Majesty's sltip
Proserpine, for drunkenness. Fauns. 41SMiSte1/41.1di
ship. Captain W. HAnoood, President. • 7.1
The contest for Common Councilman in the Ward
of Cripplegate Without, which has been unusually'
fingbfd on Wednesday. The Candidates
were, Messis..Delley,_ Daker, Godfrey Brown, W. IL
H. Brown, and GeorgelMaguire. The scrutiny com-
menced on Friday last, When* • Common Selma
attended as Assessor, and Mr. Adolphus on behalf of
Messrs. Dolley, Daker, Godfrey'Bfown, and Win.
H. Brown, and Mr. Frederick PolloCkiin behalf of
Mr. R. Dixon.
Two slight shocke of an earthquake weresfelt et
DusseldorA, on the morning of the 22d ult.

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TUE-,A>tn.
~Illattieday a bag 4.letters was received at the Ge
terarPoie-OffsCe from Barbadoes, with accounts from
thence to the 12th of December, at which period skr
COCIVIANE was lying in Carlisle Bay', waiting the
eipected arrival of the troops from England, to %a-
dertake the, expedition against the Dar.ish Islands.
The 25th and 63d regiments will probably reach , the
West-Indies towards the close of this month, and it -
is reported are to be followed by two other regiments.
The. Sd Garrison Battalion has marched froeuNew
Geneva to Waterford ; and the 2d Battalico, of the
40th, under command of the Veteran Lieutenant
Colonel Kamm, have proceeded from thence to
Cashel.

The Ski Battalion of the 69th Regiment of Foot,
have passed through Southampton on their route to
embark for the East Indies, to join the Ist battalion.
The four regiments which are going to Halifax
with Sir GEORGE Paavosr, have begun to embark at
Portsmouth : the 7th and Bth regiments, marched in
from Lewes and Bexhill, on Friday and Saturday,
and were embarked. The 23d regiment was to come
in and embark this day and to-morrow.. The 13th
regiment have orders to come from Plymouth. Sir
GEORGE arrived at Portsmouth on Saturday. Major
LIGZETWOOD is appointed his Secretary.
The Swedish army consists, at this moment, of
45,000 infantry, 8000 cavalry, and 3700 artillery—
in all, 56,700 men,• without reckoning officers and
Others employed.
Major General C. ARCHER, commanding the trc o2s
at St. John's, Antig%la, died there on the 25th No-
vember, after a very_short illness.