Star.
London, England, 1808-08-01 00:00:00

PORTSMOUTH, JULY so.

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An order was received to-day for stores for 8000
troops to be got ready at the depot at Portchester.
Wednesday Major FLETCUER, of the Royal Engi-
neers, at this place, received an order to pin the Ex-
pedition at Spithead ; which he did in the course of
that day.

Mr. DUFF, who is going out to Cadiz, as the Bri-
tish Consul, is arrived to take his passage in the Mt-
NORCA, Captain HORNBY.,
The IPHIGENIA frigate, Captain LAMBERT, remains
at Spithead, with the Newfoundland, Halifax, and
Quebec convoys.
The Turkish frigates Uri Bahar, Capt. GARTH ;
and Uri Nasard, Capt. HONEY, which were taken at
Alexandria, are on their passage to England, with the
THAMES frigate, Hon. Capt. WALDEGRAVE.
The SEAGULL sloop of war, Capt. R. CATHCART,
has been sunk in an action with several Danish gun-
boats, in the Baltic. Capt. C. was wounded.
Captain WOODRIFF is appointed Agent for priso-
ners of war at this port ; Captain ROBERTS is appoin-
ted to the DAPHNE, vice MASON ; Captain HUGHES;
to the ELPLUNA.

DEAL, IL-1.1/ 28.
Arrived the BOLD gun-brig from a cruize off Bou-
logne. Sailed the FISGARD frigate on a cruize off
Goree ; BUSTLER and DESPRRA IS gun-brigs, and
PHOSPHORUS fire-brig, on a cruize off Calais, but put

back again this morning. Arrived the Deptford naval
transport, from Chatham. This morning about three
o'clock, as the Aurora South-sea Whaler, belonging
to Milford, with a cargo of oil, butter, &c. last from

Milford, was coming into the Downs, she got on I
shore on the Goodwin Sands, where she lay till the
tide again Bowed, when she was got afloat with the
assistance of the Deal boatmen, and safely brought'
into the Downs, with the loss only of an anchor and
cable. The wind . appearing as if it would blow
strong from the.southward, it yeas feared as the tide
Bowed sho would re to pieces, and about 30 of the
large Deal boats launched in hopes if that was unfor-
tunately the case, they would be at hand, and in
readiness to save the crew.

dtrLY 3l.—Arrived the CHALLENGER sloop, from a
cruize off Dieppe. Sailed the BUSTLER and DESPERATE
gun-brigs, and PHOSPUORCS fire-brig, on a cruize off
Calais; the FLY sloop, for Sheerness; Deptford, naval
transport, for Portsmouth. Arrived from and sailed
again on a cruize, his Majesty's gun-brig Rim-
mom), and Fvatous gun-brig, from a cruize off Dun:
kirk. Saila the BUSTARD sloop, on a cruize off
Dieppe, and FraftLass gun-brig, with a convoy for
I Porsmouth.

Remain in the Downs—Princess of Orange, Trusty, Cly-le,
Zenobla, Challenger. Rolla, Bold, and Furious.

YARMOUTH, JULY sh

Arrived, having convoyed the Greenland ships,
la Lona and SuccEss frigates, and ACUTE gun-brig;
from a eruize.—Sailed, the ALEXANDRIA frigate, FOR-
RESTER, SAFEGUARD, HAVOC, and PROVIDENCE armed
ships.

Two, P. M.—La LOIRE and SUCCESS have now
untsmored.—Arrived, the LAPIMG revenue cutter,
and has brought in a smuggling lugger, laden with
between S or 400 half ankers spirit's, which have been
lodged in the Custom-House.—Remain here, the
Rossuar. CALYPSO) and ACUTR. •

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Gaaysaamu, JULY 31.—Passed i,y the Dorothy Foriter, Sow.
den, fro:n Jamaica ; Liberty, fram Ne.v I
Algol, Allen; from Oporto; Lit;le Jane, Chall.:4lrlrOtez;cear,
Lawson; Venus, Vaux ; Peace, Beszhn ; 1 e n4sSs, ;If Al, -
Stedman ; and Sedulu3 Ingraham, frou, 1...•".1
' Dupplin for hlldeil j fully, Read, and the Jo:::.,a,Ma*-
sat:, forGottenburth.
DISTRIBUTION OF pRIZS-NIONTVit.
The Manthip and A1r1;:y Can't-, for the Davis ships taken
Captain ElEngton's syeactroa off the island of St. Jun.:
4, 1795, will be pad or. Thursday tent(, at No. 27, NLlholls-
lane ; and there re-called un the: fart Thurtiay in every a:c id .
The Dunegol, for the cipnlre of thy Aogvii,po. f.",,. 5, teNs,
will be paid at Mr. Hunt's, Stonehoure, on Vriday nett ; a:xt then
re-raked on Mcndays and Thursdays.

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BRITIAN Navx..—The Monthly Report up to this
day of Ships at Sea, is as follows :—Of the Line, and
those acting occasionally in :ke Line, 106 ;- Frig:nes,
127 ; Sloops, Gun-brigs, &c. 323. 'f'ut.J, 556. To.
tal, of all kinds in Coinmission, 797. Grand Total,
including those building, repairing, Ste. 1105.
Some time ago we stated the particulars c.f the gal-
lant action of the Nancy of London with the Gene-
ral Massena French privateer, which she beat off three
times, but was at last obliged to submit to a force of
such superior magnitude.. We were net then infor-
med of the whole consequences. We are extremely
concerned to state that Mr. HP.NRY. Bt/LLAND, son of
Mr. BoI.LAND, of Chcapside, and brother of the bar-
rister of the same name, was unfortunately killed by
a cannon shot, as he was, though only a passenger,
most gallantly and ably assisting the crew in the de-
fence of the vessel. He was a young man of wonder.
ful commercial skill, and of great promise.
It is most painful to cur mitional feelings to add,
that the greatest part-of the crew of the French pri-
vateer were Irishmen. Into the causes of this unna-
tural alliance we forbear to enter.
FaaNcit PIoVATEEIIS.—The Cormorant revenue
cutter, Captain HE ALE, has captured and brought
into Fowey, a French lugger privateer, which he dis-
covered off the Lizard, and took after a chace of nine
hours. By this vessel was learnt that no less than 11
other privateers were lying ready for sea at St. Ma.
Toe's, when she left that port; The above vessel had
made no captures ; but one of a similar description
took two brigs on the 22d ult. within sight of Mara-
Zion, and was afterwards chaced by the Providence
and Dolphin revenue cutters, but escaped from both
of them. On the 23d, a small sloop, which had been

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captured off the Mounts-bay by a French lugger, was
observed close in by St. Agnes, (one of the Scilly
islands) and it appeared by her bad management,
that those on board her scarcely knew what to do with
her. That she was not retaken, was owing to the
pilots mistaking her till too late, for one of the many
small sloops which are in the habit of coming to
those islands for potatoes ; but it was afterwards be-
lieved that she was frost Torbay, with groceries for
the fleet off qadiz. The Union ROBERTS. from Fal-
mouth to St:. lye's, which had been taken by i French
privateer near the Land's End, has been retaken and
carried into Plymouth. Her crew were taken into
the privateer, but Captain ROBERTS remaining in his
vessel, has been thus rescued from a French prison.—
The principal rendezvous of the enemy's privateers
appears to be on the round from St.
°lye's by Scilly,'
to the Lizard ; and there, we trust, a good look-out
will be kept for their. One of the brigs captured on
the 22d ult. was the Mary Arm, MAXFIErbD, with
wheat, malt, &c. from Yarmouth to Liverpool; the
crew of which, assisted by some fishermenErose upon
the Frenchmen, retook their vessel, and carried her
into Newlyn.

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EDINBURGH RACES, TUESDAY, JULY 26.
His Majesty's Puma--100 Guineas.
Mr. Collinson's bay mare Fortuna 1 1
Mr. Hendevson's grey mare Patera 2 S
Mr. F. Collinson's bay horse Sting 3 2
An excellent Race.
WEDNESDAY.
Subscription Purse—SO Guineas.
Mr. Brown's chesnut horse Streamer 1 •
Mr. Henderson's bay mare Country Lass - 4 •
Lord Montgomerie's grey colt Irvine—run off the course.
Streamer walked the course the second heat.

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