Star.
London, England, 1805-12-18 00:00:00

FROM LLOYD'S LIST.

. Gaavannn, DEC. 170—Para by the Adeona, Kirby, from
Quebec; Vrow Martha, Joorron, from Caen; Symmetry, Mitchel;
Minerva, Rale; and the Jane, Cordate, from PeteriburgO,.....
Sailed the Fortune, Moore, for New South, Wales; and the
Grace, Heppi ngitall, for Montle rrat.

We are anted that a French fquadron get out of
L'Orient about the beginning of this month, and that
Minifters have received certain information of the fa&
The Countess of ELGIN cutter has been chaced
from off Embden by a so gun thip and a large fri..
gate, fuppofed to be Dutch, bound to Batavia, and
to have efcaped from a Dutch port. Two Engliaa
fhips have been fent in putfitit of them.
The fleet failed from Cork for the Weft Indies, of
the 2d intlant, confuting of about zs fail, under
convoy of the ARITH VIA frigate. and Wass, floop of
war. Wind N. E.
The Qlouceller arrived at Bollon on the 6th of
November. She failed from the Ifles of France ma
the silt of July, and fr. m the Itle of Bourbon on
the loth of Anguft ;.and tenons, that the Bona-
parte privateer had captured three valuable Englilh
veil-tic, and fent them tor the He of B orbon ; one
of them, from China for L laden with tea,
had arrived there.
The following veffels failed from Gibraltar on the
22d of November, under convoy of the Phoebe fri-
gate, viz. the Brothers, Ynund, for Sr. Michael's ;
Beaver, Ritchie, for Portfmouth ; R,ver, Gourdlay;
Guadaloupe, Ward ; Alexander, 1': alters ; and the
Mounla, Hulling, for London. No a:count where
they parted.
The John, Hewfon, from Hull, is on fhore near
Elfinore.

The Laurentia Charlotta, Jergenfon, from St.
Croix for Copenhagen, is on chore near Warburg.
The Tetneraire, Tonnant, and Colons, are to
be paid off, and their gallant crews turned over •
to chips competent to prefent ferrite.
The following fingular regular remark was On Fri-
day put up at LLoyn's :
Lord C , Captain of the Pallas frig*. e, dates. 4. That
owing to the violent florins and thick fnow. the convoy appointed.
ought to fall, ten days limner. A man of war at prefent is of little
other fesrvice to thi merchantmen, than to chest the Underwriter'
In confequence of an omilli^n, the above par.t•
graph is very unintelligible. 'I he following arc the
faels :—The PasLerk.failed fro:u ().tehec with the
fleet for England, 3111 o.9ober. The London flips
laden with furs and very valuable, fortunately left
arrived, and the rell for the out rots, making toge-
ther nine fail, are no doubt at their deninations.—
Los d tocuartsa's remark, that owing.tn the violent
norms the convoy ought to fail ten days fooner, is
very juil, for it happens to every convoy which fails
late in Odober from Q2ebec, as it did to that jua
arrived, that before they got out • f the Culph of Se.
Lawrence, the fleet is d;fpet fed, sii d therefore a man
of war is of no other ufe than to chat the under.
writers, that is by snaking them retina part of the •
premium for a proteElion, which is of no fervice to
the merchantmen. TLc under et it. is at LLOYD'S feel
much indebted to Lotd Corneas' f r hie Orrery*.
Lions, and which will, no doubt, f.r the future, be
the•means of having the effea of the fleet failing at
a proper rearm, fo that a flaip of we; MAGI be of fer.
vice, or no return of premium being made for a •
convoy, which is of no other ufe than that (bated by
bis Lordthip.