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

PORTSMOUTH, FEB. 2.

Arrived his Majelly's thip SPARTAN, Sir JAMES
SAVMAREZ, from off Guernfey ; BLANCHE frigate,
from a cruize, with an American (hip which the de-
tained off Rochefort ; DEFENDER and HEARTY gun
brigs, from a cruize.—Wind S. W.
The follots ing is faid to be the difpofition of Lord
Collingwood's fleet off Cadiz, and in the Mediiter•
ranean .—His Lordthip was blockading Cadiz, on the
7th ult. with the following (hips :—Ocean, Lord
Cotlingwiod ; Royal George, Sir J. T. Duckworth ;
Atlas, Admiral Put vis:—(Teen, Windfor Can't!,
Repulre, Tigre, Saturn, Zealous, and the Ajax. His
Lordfhip, we are happy to fay, is in excellent health ;
he has not been in port !ince his refit after the glorious
battle of Trafalgar. The Canopus, Admiral Louis ;
Thunderer, Standard, and Aaive, are on a particu-
lar fervice in the Black Sea. The Pompee, Sir Sid-
ney Smith, Eagle, Swiftfute, Intrepid, Apollo, Ant.
phion, Juno, Aurora, Bittern, and Wizard, are pro-
teeting Sicily. The Endymion, Unite, Melpomene,
and Ambufcade, are blockading Venice. The Niger,
Eurya!us , Chiffonne, Renommee, Halcyon. Imogene,
Beagle, Pylades, Minorca, Scout, King'sfi(her, Mor.
giana, Weazie, and Efpoir, are cruizing. The
enemy's force in Cadiz confilis of twelve fail of the
line, three frigates, and two corvettes, apparently
ready for fea ; and three fail of the line fitting. As
Buenos Ayres is in the potreffi ,n of the Spaniards, a
fquadron is expeeted to attempt to leave Cadiz, or
Carthagena ; at the latter port the Spaniards have
fix fail of the line, two frigates, and one corvette,
ready for fea ; and one two decker, one frigate, and
a corvette fitting. At Toulon, there are five fail of
the line, four frigates, and four corvettes, ready for
fea; two fail of the line in ordinary at Malaga ; one
frigate, two corvettes, and thirty gun boats, ready
for fea at Naples and Gaeta ; four frigates, four
corvettes, and thirty gun bo its, ready for fea at
Genoa, Venice, and Leghorn. Lord Collingwood's
force is judicioufly appointed to watch the enemy at
thefe ports.
Friday a Court Martial was held on board the
Gladiator, on Jonathan Armarong, alias William
Anderfon, belonging to his Majelly's (hip Leander :
lie being ore of the crew of the boat who mutinoufly
took the command of her from the officer and de-
ferted, was found guilty, and fentenced to fiiffer
death ; but, in confequence of his extreme good
charafter, he was recommended by the Court to
mercy.
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The fame day Mr. John Hall, Boatfwain of his
Majeily's fhip Crocodile, was tr icd for abfenting him-
fell from his duty without leave, and general bad
conduct ; which was partly proved. He was recom-
mended to be removed into a fhip in ordinary, in
confederation of his age and long fervice. Admiral
Sir Ifaac Coffin, Bart. Prefident.

On Tnefday the troops in this gat rifon, at Gofport,
and in the neighbourhood, were marched to Hilfea
Barrack., to wand's the punitilment of Kennedy and
o,Callagan, privates of the 54th regiment, who had
been fentenced, by a Court Martial held on them, to
receive, one of them 1500 and the other moo lathes,
for attempting to flab with their bayonets, an officer
of the 3111 regiment, who interfered to advife them
to orderly conduit, on finding them engaged in a
quarrel in the ftreets. The offence was fo enormous
and aggravated in its circumftances, that they were
ordered to receive as many lathes as could with fufety
to their lives be infliCted on them ; and each of them
received upwards of four hundred lathes at that time.