Star.
London, England, 1808-02-18 00:00:00

DEAL, FEBRUARY 10.
Arrived his Majesty's ship Success, from Ply-
mouth ; and remains in the Downs with the ships as
per last.—Wind S. W.

Friday, a General Meeting Cif the'-.County of Aber-
deen was held at Aberdeen, and unanimously voted
a dutiful and loyal Address to his Majesty on the
t important crisis of public affairs. A General
rieeseetling of the Cgrty of Kincardine, held at Stone-
Wren, unanimously voted a similar Address.
The Duchess of BEDFORD has lately been much in-
disposed; in consequence of her great solicitude on
account of the severe illness of her brother Lord ALEx-
ANDER GOiDON, and from the regret which his decease
has occasioned ; and these causes have been much
aggravated, by the excessive fatigue which a hasty 1
journey to Scotland produced.
Saturday the Duchess of GORDON set off from
Edinburgh for London.
Monday se'nnight, a very singular circumstance
happened on his Grace the Duke of HAMILTON'S
exercise ground, at Ashton, near Lancaster.—As one
of his Grace's grooms was exercising the bay mare
Crazy, in her sweating clothes, she had gone three
miles of her sweat, when she appeared to the rider as
if she was going to kick ; he just checked up her head
to prevent her, when she turned half round with him,
fell down, and instantly died, without a struggle.
She was apparently in perfect health • and had been
named by Mr. ASPINWALL to run for ;.he Union Cup,
at Preston, this year.
In Hadleigh church-yard, Suffolk, is the following
laconic Epitaph :
."
To disengage me.from domestic strife,
" Death card at my house—but he spoke to my wife.
" Susan, wife of David Patison, lies here.—
" Stop, reader, if not in a 'awry, and shed a tear. •
" October 19, 1706."
From the slippery state of the streets on Monday
last, Sir HOME POPIIAM unfortunately broke the small
bone of his leg in Dover-street ; but he is in a fair
way. of recovery.
A. mammoth, in a state of perfect preservation,
wa.s.lately found near Yakoutska, on the borders of
the Frozen Ocean. Part of the flesh, the tusks, ears,
and tail, had been cut off by the natives ; but the ske-
leton has been carried to Petersburgh, a distance of
6875 miles. The lvad weighs 460 pounds ; the horns
are 911 feet long, and weigh 400 pounds ; the height of
the back is 10-1 feet ; and the length 16.11 feet ; the
bristles of the back were of a reddish colour, and many
of them measured '2 feet 4 Metes.
FEES FOR LICENCES TO NAVIGATE.—The return to
the order of the House of Commons, of the 29th Jan.
last, states, that no entry can be found o£ any regular
table of fees, to be taken by the clerks of the Council in
unlirMy,- the tinder clerks' or servants, as approVed by
the King, or the Lords of the Privy Council ; but that
as early as 1664, certain fees were received upon
Orders in Council, wherein individuals had an interest:
that in the patent, by. which the clerks in ordinary of
the Council hold their offices, there is a grant of a year-
ly salary of 2501 with all other rights and perquisites, &c.
That there does exist in this office a document, evi-
dently from its appearance an ancient one, intituled,
"a Table of Fees taken in the Privy Council Office,"
by which it appears, that for an Order of Council, Li-
cence, .&c. under the Council Seal, the fee payable to
the upper clerks (meaning the clerks in ordinary) was
el.: to ;he under.clecks, 10s. : to the servant to the
Council Chamber and office-keeper, two shillings and
sixpence ; and in a copy of table-fees, delivered in
1767, there is a nota bene of further sums then usu-
ally p 3; d, making the whole of the fee payable at that
time on a beneficial oraor in Council, 3L 2.5. 6d. :
That since the year 1767 ether. additions have been
Made, so that at the present day thwei.hole sum is 41.
ltis. Additional sums have been received by the
under clerks and Others exiiiikeirediri ttiiiv:rfECe. And
that no increase of fee •of star kind' has taken place
since the year 1798.

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YARMOUTH, FEB. 17.
Arrived the Sneak sloop of war and Vixen gun-brig.
Sailed the Rosamond sloop of war, Censor gun-brig,
Quail and Sea-lark schooners. Admiral RUSSF.I.I. has
shifted his flag from the Goliah to the Amiable fri-
gate. Ships in the Roads, Roebuck, Admiral Dou-
GI, AS ; Amiable, Admiral Russzu. ; Goliah, Vestal,
Sappho, Forrester, Musquito, Sneak, Urgent, and
Vixen gun-brigs.—Wind N. W. hazy.

CHATHAM, FEB. 14.
Yesterday both the Pompee and Aurora were put
out of dock. On Monday the Bonne Citoyenne will
be launched, and taken into dock the same day to
complete, her coppering, as will also the Cygnet for
repair. The Termagant is tobehauled up for thorough
repair on the slip from whence the Bonne Citoyenne I
is launched.
Government have contracted for the building of
eight new brigs, about 300 tons burden, and to have
a complement of 75 men ; four are to be built at Up-
nor, by Mr. King of Dover ; one by Mr. Muddle of
Gillingham ; and one by Mr. Brindley of Frindsbury;
the other two to be built in the north of England.
The Sussex Oak transport, laden with hemp and
copper, to a very considerable amount, part of the
stores taken from Copenhagen, is suppo: ed to have
fallen into the hands of the enemy in her passage from
hence to Portsmouth. .
Four lads, apprentices to Mr. Brindley;underwent
a long examination yesterday before Commissinser
HOPE, for having stolen a considerable quantity of iron
bolts, &c. belonging to his Majesty, from the store-
hnuses in Mr. Brindley's yard ;—two ( crown and
Marsh) were committed to Maidstone gaol late last
evening.

LIVERPOOL, FEB. 11.
The brig Hope, of Dominica, R. SUMMERS master'
bound from that place for this port, her cargo con-
sisting only of 150 bales of cotton, Bcc. struck on the
south bank of the Carnarvon Bar, about eleven
o'clock P. M. on Saturday the 29d ult. where she re-
mained until Thursday following, when, in a severe
gale; her mast went overboard, and in about two
hours she went to pieces. All the crew were saved
and about 80 bags of cotton. Information having
been received at the Custom-house, Carnarvon, that
there appeared some disposition in the country people
to obstruct the Officers of the Customs, and pilfer
from the wreck, the drums of the Carnavon Volun-
teers immediately beat to arms, and marched to the
wreck, for the purpose of protecting the property of
the owners. A guard was left there during the night,
and in consequence of their exertions and attention,
all the property on shore was secured, and ,safely
Lodged for the benefit of the owners.

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A convoy is appointed to sail from Hull on the
Ist of March, with the ships for the Brazils, to join
tke general convoy intended to sail from Spithead for
Rio de Janeiro, and the island of St. Catharine, on

the 10th March.
The Argus sloop of war sailed from Cork on the
10th inst. with the Aurora, Fitsimmons ; Endeavour,
Jones ; and the Venus, Montgomery, under convoy
for the Downs.
The Betsey, Capt. Hart, arrived at Belfast from
Demerara, sailed on the 4th of December, in Corn*
party with the Sir Edward Pellew, bound to Liver-
pool. The Betsey spoke, on the 4th ult. in lat. 40.
N. long. 49. W. the Rambler, Williams, from Ja-
maica for London, in great distress, having cut away
her main and mizen masts, steering S.E. and bearing
away-for the Western Islands. Captain Hart wished
Captain Williams and crew to leave their vessel,
which they refused. Captain Hart has every reason
to doubt of their being able to reach the Western
Islands, as it blew several heavy gales shortly after.
The French -in-shore squadron in Brest harbour,
were reconnoitred yesterday se'nnight, by the War-
rior, 74 guns, Capelin sclyoitanft: and King George
cutter, when they discoveriwrsamx. pail of the line,
one frigate, and a brig ; beingooefeiguite and a brig
less in number than when seen bet:We. They' appeared
quite Truly for sea. ,