Star.
London, England, 1808-01-21 00:00:00

DEAL, JANUARY 20.

Arrived, the Clyde frigate, Commodore Owszt,
from a cruize off Boulogne ; Flamer gun-brig, from
a cruize, and brought in with her a smuggling lug-
ger, having about 500 kegs of contraband spirits,
which she took in company with a custom-house extra
lugger ; the spirits were landed and put in the cus-
tom-house here. Arrived, the Orestes sloop and
Pidgeon schooner, from Sheerness. The Hope ketch,
which ran on shore near Walmer Castle with the loss
of her anchors in the last gale, has got off again this
afternoon, without sustaining any material injury.

REMAIN IN THE DOWNS.

Princess of Orange, Vice-Admiral Rowley; Trusty SO guns,
Clyde frigate, Sparrow Hawk, Mutine, Orestes, Pandora, and
Royalist sloops ; Flamer, Furious, Bold, Mariner, Bustler, and
Ernest gun-brigs ; Pidgeon schooner; and the Marquis of Ely
East-India ship, for the River.—Wind N.W. and moderate.

The William, Taylor, from Montserrat for London,
is put into Tortola, leaky, and has been unloaded.
The Janet, Calder, from Monte Video, past Gre-
nada on the 4th of December last, all well, bound to
Curasoa and Jamaica.
The William Manning. Bonner, from London for
St. Kitt's, was all well on the sth of January, in lat.
40. long. 10. 30. with twelve other vessels that had
parted from his Majesty's ship Astrea. They were
in hopes of falling in with them again, it being fine
weather.

The Harmony, —, from Bristol for Milford, is
totally lost on Berry Island ; crew saved.
The Endeavour, —, from Messina for Liver-
pool, is lost in the Highlands.
The Sugnal, Moore, from Liverpool for Limerick,
is on shore on the island of Mull ; but is expected to
be got off.

The Navigator, -, from Gibraltar, bound to
London, is captured by a French privateer,' and car-
ried into Dunkirk.

The Susannah, Raymond, of and for New Bruns-
wick, was driven on shore at Tobago on the 16th of
October last, with five other vessels.
The Falck, —, from St. Bartholomew's for t.
Domingo, is captured and carried into St. Domingo,
where. she is condemned.
The William and Henry, Silk, from London for
the Cape of Good Hope, that was on shore on thq
Swin Rock, is got off, and carried into Ramsgate
Harbour, with little damage.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the East
India House, when the under-mentioned commanders
took leave, previous to departing for their respective
destinations, viz.

Captain James John Williamson, Ocean ; Captain William Duns.
ford, Ceres; Captain John C. Lackner, Canton; Captain R. H.
Blown, Dorsetshire ; Captain C. E. Prescott, Ainwick Castle;
Captain John Locke, jun. David Scott; Captain Henry Mahon,
Exeter—Madras and China.

Capt. W. Maxwell, Cakutta ; Capt. W. C. Hutton, Lord gel-
son ; Caps. W. Fairfax, Hugh Inglis; Capt. H. Sturrock, Preston,
—Madras and Bengal.

The following Captains were sworn into the com-
mand of their respective ships, viz.

Captain John Dale, Streatham ; Captain George Hooper, Sir
William Benda), ; Captain Altzwides Campbell, Sovereign—Ma-
dras am; BertgaL

Captain John Cameron, Jane Duchess of Goedon—Ceylon and
BengaL .

The Court adjoturtect at six o'clock, till to-momw.

THE BLENHEIM. AND JAVA.

..ETTER MOM A LIEUTENANT GP THE

MS UNCLE IN4CHESTER.

" His Majesty's ship Greyhound, Sept. 21, 1807,
Sinton's Bay, Cape of Good Hope,
44 Dear Uncle—A few days since I received YoUr
kind letter of the 15th October, 1806; I am sorry I
have nothing favourable to give you in return. In
niy last from Madras- , I informed you of our intended
search after our much lamented friend Sir THostas..
At the Isle of France, Captain TROUBR =lt sent me
in with a flag of truce ; they did not allow me to land,
but in other respects were very civil ; gave us every
information they possibly could, sent us extracts of
letters from different correspondents at Madagascar,
Bourbon, &c. the description even of a piece of oak
which had been picked up near Bourbon, they sent
us ; from this it appears to have been a large ship's
top mast cross-tree. The Harrier parted from the
Blenheim and Java in thick weather, about the sth
of February, and in one of the Governor's extracts it
says, 44 on the 7th of February, a line of battle ship
appeared off the heights of the Isle of Bourbon,
making signals, but at such a distance they ctudd not
be made out." We imagined it might have been the
Blenheim making signals of seeing the land to the
Java, whose distance from the land might have been
too great to have been seen. -tour ideas, I assure you,
1. were very sanguine on the subject, more particularly
when we arrived at St. Mary's, an Island on.the coast
of Madagascar, with an excellent harbour, plenty of
the best of beef, and a good watering place. The
inhabitants informed us, two ships answering their
description had been there, watered, took a number
'of bullocks, stopped about twenty days and sailed,
they believed, for Bombay ; this must have brought
on the middle of March. We sailed- the 254 of June ;
it takes a fortnight to convey news over land from
Bombay to Madras ; there remains about ten weeks ;
it is possible they might have been so long on their
passage under jury masts, but very improbable ; it is,
however, the qnly chance left. We imagined it was
them, and that they had sailed fur this, consequently
made the best of our way. Off the Cape we met with
contrary winds, and most dreadful weather, which
nearly put an end to our miserable existence, and on
our arrival, to our great astonishmentsfound Admit.: I
Silt:two, who is fitting us with all possible dispatcl
intending to send us back to India, with convoy,
I believe Madras ; we were in hopes, from the state of
the ship,
.and from the Captain's probable loss, the
Admiral would have allowed us to have gone home,
particularly as Capt. TROUBRIDGE so much wishes it,"

Died, on Sunday evening, of a fever, in the 20th
ear of his age, the Right Hon. HORATIO Viscount
TRAFALGAR, only son of the Earl NELSON, whose
virtues and accomplishments rendered him worthy
the name of his illustrious Uncle.

Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East India
House, in order to determine the resolution submitted
to the last General Court, exonerating the owners and
commander of the Ganges from any blame in her loss.
At six o'clock the glasses were finally closed, and de-
livered to WILLIAM HUGH BURGESS and JOHN LAY-
TON, Esqrs. the scrutineers, who declared the question
to have been carried in the affirmative.
Lord MINTO, as Governor-General of India, was
introduced to the Council Chamber, under a salute
of 19 guns, from the ramparts of the Fort. Sir G.
H. BARLOW, and JOHN LUMSDEN, Esq. likewise took
the customary oaths and their seats at the Board, as
Counsellors of the Presidency. Sir G. H. BARLOW,
Bart. is also appointed to be Chief Judge of the Court
of Sudder Dewanny Adawlut and Nizamut Adaw.
lut ; and be President of the Board of Revenue.
Sir G. H. BARLOW has been invested with the Or-
der of the Garter, by Lord MINTO, as his Majesty's
' Representative, with all possible ceremony.
Yesterday a Mail arrived from the Deward Islands
after a passage of 30 days. Letters from Granada,
of December the Bth, make some statements, not
altogether satisfactory, concerning the disposition of
our naval force in the West In lies.

Admiral COCHRANE has SO pendants under him.—
Twelve or 14 sail are in Carlisle Bay, while the rest
are attending on the Admiral to the leeward. In con-
sequence of no British man of war being at Point.
a-Petre, in Guadaloupe, French privateers go in and
out daily without interruption, and frequently carry
in prizes without any molestation whatever.—Two
sloops, or ships of war, would be sufficient to guard
the pass, and in this case the prizes made by the
French might be recaptured.
But it is added, that orders have been received
from Government for the blockade of Martinique and
Guadaloupe. A few sloops and frigates will be
quite adequate. We may hope, therefore, that the
grievance complained of will be soon removed.

The crops have been very plentiful at Barbadoes,
Tobago, and St. Vincent, as well as at Grenada.
The Danish Islands are still in a state of blockade.—
No instructions have yet been received for proceeding
actively against them. They are said to suffer greatly
for want of provisions.

DRURY-LANE.—In the opera of the Cabinet, a Me.
I. SMITH last night made his appearance as Lorenzo.
He has a counter-tenor voice of great strength and
sweetness, but some of his lower notes are not agree.
able. If he will pay some attention to his action,
which is exceedingly inappropriate and ungraceful,
he will, no doubt, be a ;eneral favourite ; for in his
songs he was enthusiastically applauded and encored.
A correct List of the Jury who acquitted William
Chapman, charged with the wilful murder of Robert
Dunn :

Thornu Loveland William Monday
William Fdwards Caleb Welch Corns*
Joseph Turner William Moore
William Rich - Charles Shipley Locke►
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William Dixon Thomas Norton
William Lambert Charles 031 e,

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TILANSLAIION OF THE MARQUIS DE FULVY';
LINES TO ENGLAND,
As insetted in the Sruu of Tuesday the sth imbue.