Star.
London, England, 1808-07-02 00:00:00

Sailed the Emerald, Chivers, for the Cape of Good Hope; Eliza

Mslntosk, for Curama ; and Neptune, Smith, for lielipland.
Extract of a letter from Captain AunetisoN of the
Nancy, from London'to St, Domingo, dated St. Jago.
" Cuba,
,April2B, 1808.
" The signal was made by the Franchise frigate on the ulth of
April, for the Nancy to *parate. We proceeded round Cape
Donna Maria and. Cape Rosa, en the 13th of April. at 4 P. M.
jeremie bearing west six or seven leagues; we .fell in. with the
General Masora Fre'ch schooner privateer, belonging to the
City of St. Domingo, mounting one long 18-pounder, one lre-g
nine, and two king sixes, manned with 120 nien,. commanded by
Captain Doric ; we engaged him, and ma& him sheer off. At
11 P. M. the same evening, the above priVateer came under our
stern with intent to Ward us; we engaged, and beat him offagain.
On the 14th, at 8 A. M. the Island of Guanaba bearing N. T.
seven or eight leagues, the same privateer came alongside the
Nancy, when a smart Arlon Molt place, of an hour and a half;
we beat him off 'again.. At S P. M. the same day, the same pri-
vateer bore down with a red flag forward,. what, after two hours
bard fightitivelie privateer carried the gamey by boarding ;
self and carpenter beineseverely wounded in the head, one man
shotthrough the arm, and the second mate wounded in the thigh;
mlzen boom, andquarter-sails shot away; the brac s and running
rigging much cut; above 150 shot through the after-sails, and
nearly 40 shot in the Mill, all shaft the chest-tree. Messrs. Henry
and Joseph Rolland, Mr. Hodges, and all the ship's company did
every thing in their peter for the defence of the Nancy, and de-
served a better fate; 4ey were plundered of every thing, except
the clothes they stood lni The Massena is 06 French feet. long, '
and 24 feet beam ; and can pull with ease, in a calm, three and •
half knotty an hour."
The Cambridge, —; the Anderson, —1 and
the brig Retrieve, —, sailed from Jamaica with ti.e
fleet for Great Britain, but put back leaky, having
been run foul of.
The Ann, CARY. from London for Tobago, is cap.
tared, recaptured, and carried into Antigua.
The C.lthaiine, —, of Greenock, from Bermuda
for New York, and Emerald, —, from ditto for
Halifax, are captured by a French privateer.

OXFORD. ;tar. 1.

Yesterday came cn the election at Exeter Collet;',
Oxford. There were two vacancies, a Devon's'hi
re,
and a Cornish Fellowship. The Candidates for the
'Devonshire lrgllowship were, Messrs. KNIGHT FIJI'
CHM, JOHNSONvLOWNDIG4 and JACO ; MU those for
the Cornisliwere, Messrs. I3owast and How. After
the necessary examinations and the usu 11 delitkra-
dons resp(s..ing the merits of the Candidates had
taken place; Messrs. JOHNS°. N and'Hostx w7re elected
Fellows Of that Society. Mr. K.snunr received th.:
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cordial thanks of some off` the Fellows, for the distin-
guished appearance he made in the several eliminations.

The Proprietor and Printer of the latleftentlatt Wiig
Sunday Newspaper were this day brought up to re-
ceive judgement. They were sentenced .to three
gears Imprisonment each, the one in Dorchester, the
other Gloucester•lail. • . .
A Gentleman lately arrived -foam- Ireland having •
purchased from a pedlar in Kent,' some eeloured
'handkerchiefs, and _shewing them to a 'friend; was •
asked-0 Sem* yesursa,no. iv *aft' hullo 7"—" In-
dial No, I bouskt theca for Satin"
The CALEDONIA is 110t.ouly.the largest ship in the
British Navy, but she is perhaps both the largest and
finest ship ever built; she mounts 184 guns. It is sit) - ,
posed that she will be fitted out and manned in s x
weeks. She is to receive the flag of Admiral Lord
Gissatea, the Commander *Chief of the Channel deer,
who went frequentlyto Plymouth to see her while build- •
ing. Would it not be a prudent and proper inaitiiV
to man such ships as the Sr. Groacz, 1-ItaxasitA, ar d
i'CALSDONI4; by volunteerS frau/ the kingdoms, whose
names and genius are attached to them, and to have
them commanded by men from the respective kipg!
don's of Scotland, England, and Ireland ?
Thirty Thousand Pounds sold in Shares last Let;
temp at J. WAINER'S truly Fortunate Office, No. 16, fi
Cornhill, where Tickets and Shares are• now on sale
foi:the Six Grand Prizes of £20,000. • Lottery draws
again on Tuesday next. . • :
'The last accounts from North America brink long
but uninteresting accounts of our army in that guar-
ter. Lieutenant General Sir GEORGETDEVOST had ~
formed the flank companies of his army into a bri- i
Bier
and placed them under the command of Briga- ii
ter HOUGHTON; 11.110, when ode accounts Came
away, Was about to be employed on a very impor- i
taut and dashing service.. -
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