Star.
London, England, 1813-02-08 00:00:00

PLYMOUTH, FEBRUARY H.

Arrived the SAN JOSEPH man of war, from off
Brest; CONSTANT gun-brig, from the Coast of France ;
CoLossus man of war, and RHIN frigate, from a ,
cruise off the Western Islands, having captured and
hrought in with them a fine American ship called the
Print, Dixow, master, from Boston, bound to Bay-
onne,
laden with coffee, &c. The Print left Boston
3d January, and confirms the account of the arrival
' at that port of the President and Congress frigates.
Captain Dam; says they were fitting for sea with all
' expedition. The ARROW schooner came in yester-
day from Basque Roads : she fell in with a fleet of
' French coasters, took six, and destroyed three. Came
' in the American ship Victress, from Gallipoli, with
oil, bound to London, detained by the RESOLUTE gun
brig. The REsoturE has also sent in a French brig,
a prize. Came in the Alexander, DE NORTE, from
1 Falmouth to Portugal, after having been taken by a
French privateer, and retaken by the BELLE POULE
ifrigate. The London, transport, No. 364, struck on
a rock this morning, between Drake's Island, and ,
Mount Edgecombe, lost her rudder and other da-1
mage; she has put back to repair. Sailed the ROLLA
and SPECULATOR with a large fleet for Portsmouth and
the Downs ; DANEMARK, for Portsmouth. The ,
GLEANER sketch is to sail immediately with dispatches
for Cadiz. The PHCEBE frigate is ordered for the
Mediterranean.
PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY T.
This day arrived his Majesty's ship MODESTY, 36
guns, Hon. Captain ELLIOT, from the East Indies,
Isailed 14th October, touched at St. Helena, which
she left the 28th December, only two whalers were
then lying at the island. The ships on the coast of
Java had staged dreadfully by sickness ; the Mo-
DESTE is considered a very striking exception, having
lost but seven men since she left England, which is
upwards of two years. She yesterday fell in with and
captured the supp osed fast-sailing privateer the French
had in the Channel, called la Fury, of 14 guns and
100 men, after a most arduous chase, during which
the MODESTL fired upwards of 300 shot at her ; also
the DANEMARK, 74, Captain BAKER, with convoy
from Plymouth I, Nos.= STAR. 20, Captain CoE ;
and RoLLA, 18, Captain HILL, from a cruise ; and
Findlay, HARRIS, from Mogadore, under quarantine.
The NIMES'S, Hon. Captain MAUDE, arrived here
yesterday with a convoy from Lisbon. An American
schooner which the NEstEsts captured and parted
with off Cape Finisterre, was afterwards boarded by
the SPITFIRE, Captain ELLIS, who informed Mr.
DEAN, the Prize Master, that he had boarded an
American, the Master of which stated, that.the United
States frigate Constitution had been captured by the
POICTIERS, and that the Constellation had been driven
on shore and lost. The Diligent store ship, comman-
ded by Mr. IVES, arrived here this afternoon, with
dispatches from Sir. J. B. WARREN, and Mails from
Bermuda. She sailed from thence on tile 4th ult.
and was accompanied by the S. DOMINGO, Admiral
Sir J. B. WARREN, Captain Tnoatesos► ; DRAGON,
Captain COLLIER ; STATIRA, Captain Smote= ;
SomstE, Captain LOCKTER S and Cougar, Captain
PECIIELL ; which ships parted company from the Di.
ligent the next day. She left at Bermuda the LAU..
RUSTINUSI Captain GRAHAM ; MAIDSTONE, Captain
1 BURDETT ; JUNON, Captain SANDERS ; WANDERER,
Captain NEWCOMBE ; MARTIN, Captain EVANS ;w
FROLIC, Captain Marcitma, ; Goan., Captain BENG ;
RUBY sheer hulk, Commodore EVANS I ViiXir (late
American), Captain GILL. The PAZ schooner joined
the Admiral on the .s:h ult. with information that the
PLUMPER brig, Lieutenant BRAY, was lost in the Bay
of Fundy, and every person on board perished.