Star.
London, England, 1807-02-03 00:00:00

ASOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.

" Arrived this day the DUKE of KENT, (2d)LAw-
LANCE, with Mails from Jamaica, in 46 days paltage
—By her we learn the arrival there, on the 26th of
November, of his Majefty's fhip RssisTAwcz, of 38
guns, with the intelligence of the recapture of Buenos
Ayres : the RESISTANCE failed from hence on the
tth of Odober, with his Majefly's fhip ARMIN;
of 64 guns : the left Jamaica again on the tt th of
December. The inhabitants of Curagoa being in a
diftrefted [late, expreffed a with to Admiral DACR es,
that he should be put in pofteffion of the Ifland, if he
would fend troops for that purpofe; in confequence
he difpatched his Majefty's fhip FIsGARD, LATONA,
and AaETN use, of 38 guns, and no doubt but that
this Ifland is now in our pofteffion. The POMONA
convoyed out the packet, but having carried away
her foretop•maf3, Ilse again put back."
Cnracoa is 25 miles in length and 12 in breadth,
and its principal trade confifts in fugar and fkins.—
The principal town is of the fame name with the
ifland, and it has a good harbour and a fort.
The Houfe of Aftembly in Jamaica have voted an
Addrefs toe Lieutenant General Sir ERAS Coors, the
Commander in Chief and Lieutenant Governor of
that ifland. The addrefs is expreffive of fentiments
of the higheß gratitude and attachment for the at-
tention of that dillinguiffied officer to the interells of
the ifland during the period of his command.

It is a remarkable but neceffary fetture of the plan
of the Journal of Contemporary Voyages and Tra-
vels, that it contains the molt recent defci iptions
of all the Countries which, for the lalt two years,
have been objets of public enquiry and curiolity.—
A periodical work which fyßernatically, and at a
cheap rate, exclufivahr introduces its Readers to the
lad and mpg interetting Voyages and Travels, plf-
kites a pre-eminent claim to the notice of every one
who piques himtelf on ;good intelligence, andlfuperior
knowledge.
The pains of a party of pie/Are were moR lit ikingly
difplayed at the conclufion of the Italian Opera on
Saturday night. The rain fell in torrents as the Ladies
were coming out ; and the thorteß walk to a carriage
was enough to drench a perfon to the !kin. The
confulion arising rrom the joftling of coaches may 'o_
more eafily imagined than defcribed.
The Birth Day of °Lave' GOLDSMITH, was cele.
ated on the 16th ult. at Elphin, in Ireland, the
place of his nativity, by all the Ladies and Gentlemen
hat neighbourhood. Numerous transparencies
etninited scenes from his works.

The body of the late Mr. FLETCHER READ was
0p,,),d at 6ticoperton on Saturday, previous to the
Ccroner's Inqueff, when it was afcertained that he
had died in confequence of the rupture of a blood
vac' in the brain.
Thiriday being the day appointed for the elation
Of a ,iew Rerrefentative for Suirex to fucceed Lieute-
nant General Lsw ?lox, now Duke of Richmond, at
Lewes, the Hun.C.W. WYNDHAM was chofen without
opputition.
Saturday the Shropfhire Militia marched into
Chatham on their way to Dover. They will remain
there till the elation for a Member of Pathament for
Canterbury is terminated.
The troops Rationed in Canterbury, marched on
Saturday to Ramfgate, Margate, Milford, and the
neighbouring villages, where they arc to be cantoned
during the elation.
The Oxford Troop of Cavalry have determined on
difcontinuing their Cervices.
The Denbigh Militia are fhortly expected to refume
their old quarters at Fort Pitt, near Chatham.
In the Cavan Militia is eflablithed a fchool for the
education of foldiers lons ; they are taught to read
and write, and the common rules of arithmetic; they
are inaruCted in the principles of the Chriff ian religion
and duties of morality: are paraded with the men
every Sunday, and marched with them to their re-
fpative places of worfbip. On Saturday the matter
has the boys prepared for examination, and any Of.
ficer wha chutes to attend may examine them. They
are furniffied with a leather cap, a jacket, and two
pair of cloth trowfers annually, the parents fupply
them with (hoes and thins. The expence of this
effabliffiment is defrayed by a very trifling monthly
fobfcription among the Officers, in the following pro-
portions : Field Officers Bs. each per month, Cap-
tains6s . Lieutenants 3s. En figns U.—with this flender
fund they are enabled to clothe and educate 40 boys.
DUEL.—Lait Sunday an affair of honour took
place at Chalk Farm, between Mr. F. a, an
eminent Solicitor, and Mr. M.C—v, a Gentleman
of confiderable fortune : when, after an exchange of
three !hots, the feconds interfered and amicably let-
tled the difpute.
On Tuefday IA a mot defperate pitched battle
for five guineas was fought at Newbury, between a
tinker named Symmetter, celebrated fur agility, and
a jolly miller named Harrifon, equally noted for
tirength, both inhabitants of that town ; the conteff
failed an hour and twenty minutes, in which there
were (ay revere rounds. Although the man of metal
was of the whole time of aftion by his wife's
affectionate attention with a bottle of rum and water,
which at intervals the fent to him by his daughter,
(a damfel about feven years of age) and had all()
fought fifty pitched battles, and (hewed much fcience,
yet the athletic limbs and long wind of the miller at
latt prevailed—the amateurs prefent fpeak of the
contell in the higheß terms.
On Friday morning a foot-race was run for five
guineas, between Twining, an elderly man, and Wil-
liam Brommel, aged 18: the former Ratted from
Featherffone•ttreet, City Road, and the latter from
Moorgate, to the Blue-coat Boy at Iflington, and back
to Moorgate, Brommel giving Twining half a mile.
They Railed at feven o'clock by fignal the race was
won by Twining by one minute, he arrived at the
winning poll Ist minutes, and Brommel 20 minutes
after feven o'clock; the dittance for Twining was two
miles and a half, and for the other three miles.

BREAD—There being no Court of Aldermen held
to-day, the Loan MAYOR, after infpeeling there-
turns, ordered it to Lill td per Peck Loaf.