Star.
London, England, 1807-12-11 00:00:00

HULL, DECEMBER 4.

The Charles, CLAPHAM, (Ailed from the Humber
yefterday afternoon for Yarmouth Rnads, with the
frigate Hy PER I ow, and remaining crew of the Dnis,
llasrfh gallint, prizeto the ASTREa frigate, ordered
into Grimll,7, after being taken under quarantine to
White south Roads.

The Providence armed fhip, Captain Rye, failed
from Elfinore on the zo.h, with the following (hips
under convoy, viz.—Bell, Kirby ; Amicus, Simp.
fon ; Mary, Oa ; Richard and Ann, Ricken ; Boy
ton, Jackfon ; Ocean, Smith; Triton, Huiron ;
Mercury, Todd, all from Peterfbnrgh Phoenix
Nankeen ; Fraw Rebecca, Mine ; Aldbro', Ramf-
den ; Providence Goodwill, Anderfnn ; Retrieve.
Taylor ; Jane, Brotin ; Henry Beveridge ; Anda
lufia, Rayner ; Symmetry, Cloughtsn ; Maria,
Swalwell, all from Riga ; Chriftian, Wadford, from
Pillau ; Britannia, England, from Stockholm ;
Arid, Colley, from Pernau ; Two Sifters, Lille,
from Liehau ; Samuel, Mitchinfon, from Hernefand;
Mixon, Rofe ; Eagle, Murton, both from Narva ;
Jafon, Hall, from Wyburg ; Freedom, Calf ; J.Anna
Clara, Jones, both from Memel ; Venerable, Drab-
well, from Helfingburg ; Fame Rudlton ; Wage,
Ward, both from Hull ; Alpha, Brown, from Co-
penhagen Roads ; Courage. Damn, from Koningf-
berg ; Thomas, Holiday, from London ; Advice,
. Major, from Ca/1111am ; the Syren. Wye ; the Nab
Crompton, from Riga. The Venerable, Fame,
Wolga, Alpha, and Thomas, were upward bound for.
Ruffian or Pralian ports ; and have returned with
their cargoes. The Alfred, Jackfon ; Neva, Bnn-
ney ; and revtral other veffels whore names we have
nor received, had arrived from Ruffian ports, in
Helfingburgh roads. The following trails have
arrived here, viz.—The Bell, Providence, Goodwill,
and Symmetry.

In anfwer to to the letter to the Colum in ding
Officer in the Humber the following was this morn•
ing received by exprefs, by the Right Worllfpful the
MAYOR, from Captain RYI

His Mattity's Armed Ship Prlititienci
erimiby Roads, Dee. 3. tBo7.
Sta,--I was fo late yefterday when I :mired Mr.
Eggingtnn's letter, that I had only time to fend the
lift of veffels whore mailers received ;nitration, from
me at Helfingburg ; and very few of that number
weighed with me when the general fignal was made
for the purpofe, by his Majefty's frigate Cyane, on the
morning of the aoth tilt. The Providence weighed
and Fay to five hours to called her convoy, between
Crr.nberg Cattle and the Koll. For the latt three
hours there was no addition to the number under
weigh, and they confined of London, Hull, and Leith
veffels : at one P.M. from the increaling violence of
the gale, attended with fleet, I was obliged to make
the fignal for m 3 king fail, &c. as we had then drifted
fix miles below the Koll, end expeded, front the nate
of the weather, foon to lofe fight of it. Twenty-
eight fail of thi.,:s bore up with me, includiog the
Charger gun brig, under my command. To her
commander I gave convoy inftrudions, with orders
to repeat my lignals, and accompany me to the-
Humber ; he unfortunately miftook my fignal, made
on me on the morning of the zt It ult. for altering
the mirk to port two points, and made it three, by
which accident, when the day broke (near 8 o'clock)
only four veffels remained with me, the .reft with the
Charger were conftderably to windward, the wind
having (hilted from the South calf to the South welt,
and this opinion was corroborated by my falling in
with his Majeny's fchnonerWhiting, on the 23d, who
informed me, that the paired through the day before
a convoy greatly to the windward of me ' • there has
been no weather fince to difperfe them. From their
lunation, the moderate fail which the Providence al-
ways carried ; betides, -(tom her having worked to
windward in quell of them, I did expe.'t they would
have arrived at leaft two days before me.
" I came in wn Tuefday afternoon, and the Vul-
ture flop Alb from a cruize off Whitby, where (he
had been in quell of two lugger privateer', which
were reported to have taken veffels off that port.
Captain Pearce informs me, from very good infor-
mation, that one linuggling lugger had caufed the
alarm, and that the crews of force tracts had de.
ferted them through fear. For further information

to the merchants and Ihip owners, I left in Helfing-
burg Roads the Cyane frigate, his %jelly's Hoops
Spitfire, Orelles, and Gannet, the Hebe armed ihip
betides loggers and fchnoners, that will accompany
the remaining fleet, which, from the increafed trio.
lence of the gale. could n ,t weigh on the 20th
(the Providence has brought home falely
.a much
larger), and proteet them in their paffage. I hope
this information will prove fatiblaCtory to the gentle.
men, as I have it not ie my power to fend out any
veffel upon a bare formile of the convoy being dif•
per fed. I have the honour to remain, your obedient
firs ant, (Signed) 44 mit

ARRIVID.
In the River, T yeller.Harrlron, front Litbon—lfahella, Clark,

and Eliza, Reve, front Dublin—At Cowes. Jane, BIM, from Phila.
dclphia. At Leith. the Hannah, Gurin, from Oporto. AtWhite-
haven, the Queen Charlotte, Fearn ; and the Martha, Duno, front
America At Ayr, the Ocean, Wilfon, from Quebec. At Portf-
mouth, the Mary and 1 homes, Kemp, and the Severn, Hack-
wood, from Cork. In the Humber, the Wilberforce, and
the Alder', —, from the Baltic, At Gueracy, rh, Neptune.
Mt.ffeby, from Its ;a. At Quebec Romulus, Brown fom Leith.
A Portuguele fhip failed trom Ramfgare left week. and was
captured the fame day by a French privateer, off the South Para-
land.

The Craftwae (a Ruffian), Erieiron, from Peteriburgh for
London, is detained and tent into fiarwich, by his Majelty's IDip
alriadne.

I hc. Pragres, PatiM. from Peterlburgh for London, was all
well at Carfham on the loth ult.

The Ellis, Hutchinfon, of Bridlington, is reported to be loft 4
LYurgeues.
The Barbara, Atkinfon, from Sunderland for Plymouth, was
captured off the &nuts Foreland on the Sth in ft.
The tern of yellerday by the Happy Return
ptivateer, of L,rd Svasworoso and Mr.
from Libor', being on board the Aftive privateer, on .
the 16th ult. is unfounded. A letter has been re-

ceived from the Active, dated the 17th, at which
time the was cruizing off the Tagus.
By a letter from Hull received yellerday, w • learn
that the Post 'Pi A, which is arrived there, failed from
Riga on the i sth ult. with 32 other Nei, which agreed
to keep company. Nct one veffel was left at Riga.
It was reported that the Be►fcy, DRYDVN, and another,
were embargoed at St. Peter Iburgh. Eight flips bad
put into Carlfhsm. At Calfcrona there was no re.
port of any capture for many days, except of th:
Lively of Dundee, which was afterwards retaken.
The Postorra left Helfingburg en the 25th, and par.
ted with the following (hips on the tit HA.

. .
Manchefter, Kilock ; Mancha, er Punter; Courier, Fowler;
Refource, johnfon ; Margaret, Mt to ilf; Fr infect, Clifford; King.
Ron, Wife; g!!ebcc, Bennett; Empert r, Treadgold ; Oxen Hope,
Sharp; Baltic Merchant, Bowler, for Lo ;don, were well, in the
North Sea, Seth ult.
The following is an extra& of a letter from the
Matter of the brig William, of Glegow, bound from
Bolton, in An.erica, to Bet bice, to her owner in
Glafgow, giving an account of her capture, on the
Lath of Augult, cff Berbice River, by l'Enterprife
French privateer fchooner, mr,u ti ig fix Ihort twelve
and two long nine pounders, manned with 7o men,
betides Officers
" She engaged (rays the letter) the_William almoft an hour and
a quarter, when the was obliged to these off,being nearly funk ;
after having Flogged up their Slot holes (having receive I (cur be-
tween wind and water). Next day, the winds MU off there' we
could not get in, and the privateer at anchor i t (hors of us, at tour
*P.M. the got under fail, and engaged us for a few minutes, when
the filmed off, and ftretcked out to lea, but the tide not anfwalng
us to get ovdr the bar, I Mid not get in.
" At live P. M. the =gaged us again, when the fpring that was
on our cable unfortunately gave way, which oceaft gird our guar.
ter to [wing towards her, which they perceiving, came up and
obliged us t,) !trite our colours ; they fay on board of the priva-
teer that they bad two men killed and fur wounded,but I obfcrved
ten wounded menin the hold myfelf, and I have maim to believe
there were more than two killed.
M L'Enterprize proves to be one of the privateers that we fell
in with going to Bolton. I had one man impreffed by his Ma-
jetty's (hip Blonde, off Surinam. which reduced our number to
IS (as there was one below 6ek). lam lorry to inform you that
the Genie French privateer, of fourteen 6 pounders and one long
ze de. and tat men, captured and brought in here, the Clio, Dow.
America, M'Ewing; brig Margaret., M' Farlan (Clyde Blip), and
the Ponies brig, Clark,of Liverpool, which has not arrived her:
yet. The Clio bad fix men wounded; the ref, I believe, hal
none.
" There Is no exchange of prifoners at prefent, nor has been
there fix months palt. which cc-cations the prifon Blip to be crow.
ded with people. They allow me to. Ray on fhore, which is
favour granted to very few of the Matters and to none of the
Mates. The above Blips were from Demerara and Berbice, rn t •
ning veffels, and were captured the Item day eter they failed ftom
Demerara."

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And u he loit?—Does no faint hope remain,

ON THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN ROBERT SCOTT,
COMNIANDU ur His mAjarnt's hint 1011/AS.

That of the thirty of his Ihipwreck'd crew,
Found at the dawn of day upon the rocks,
This gallant man was one ?—!t cannot be!
Too well I knew Ids brave and dauntlefs heart—
Too oft I've heard him fay, u Not life itfelf
Should make him quit the Shp his King had given !"
Methinks I fee him on that fatal night.
Striving his utmoli Ilia, from Gs to two,
'Mi Ift darknefs and tempeßuous lorms of Heaven,
And Hannois cruel rocks ! Methinks I fee
His mighty foul riling as dangers rife,
And with his well lov'd animating voice
Veiling all hands on deck : at his command
The Ready Stamen keeping at the pumps,
Bending the malts and rigging by the board,
Lightning the Bourns of her cumbrous weight,
Firing in vain the Sinai. of &firth;
And though his mind was on the Brice bent,
How his heart bled to hear a female's erica,
The faithful objedt of his manly love !
Still like a livid& feaman, he's refolid
The Ihlp Stall be the cants of Madill!
Methinks I fee thee, oh ! my friend and brother,
Sink with the BOILIA3 till thy waft:Trays !