Star.
London, England, 1809-10-09 00:00:00

PLY NIOUTII-DOCK, OCTOBER 7:

Two English brigs, apparently coasting traders,
were captured yesterday afternoon off the Start, bysa
corvette privateer, and sent for the French coast.
The American ship Julia, of Norfolk in Virginia,
HEWETT, Master, mrived at Plymouth last night ;
she came last from, Petersburgh, Virginia, and was
bound to Copenhagen, laden with a cargo of tobacco,
cotton-wool, and staves ; put in here in distress, and
being in want of water; during her passagAhe en-
countered a heavy gale, in which she sprung her fore-
mast, received considerable damage in her rudder, and
was in a very leaky state : in the Channel she fell in
with a pilot-boat, which brought her in here.. The
Master of the pilot-boat informed the Captain of the
Julia, that lie fell in with and was chased in tilt Chan-
nel by a trench schooner and a lugger privateer, but
fortunately escaped. The former captured, on Wed-
nesday last, about four miles N. N. W. of the Edy-
stone Lighthouse, 'an English brig, which was re-
captured
soon after by the Hind Excise revenue
cutter, Capt. ALLEN, who carried her into Fowey.—
The ORESTES sloop of war was last evening ordered
to sea in quest of the privateer, but returned this
afternoon without having been so fortunate as to ac-
complish her object.
Yesterday the UNITE frigate was paid ,wages and
prize-money, and had 14. days leave of absence granted
to the men to visit their friends. Two hundred and
fifty of these fine fellows, on their return, will be
turned over to the SCIPIO'S, 74, now'ready frir sea at
this pen, and waiting to receive the flag of Rear-Ad-,
miral STOI'FORD.

A report is in circubtion here, (but .I cannot trace
it to' any authentic source) that the MAJESTIC,
has had an action with a Russian ship of the, line in
the Baltic, whic'h she captured, after a chace of 18
hours, and a close engagement of six. The loss of

the Russians is reported to amount to 300 in killed
and wounded ; and ours to halt that number, having
suffered severely by the stern chasers of the etemy
during the-pursuit.
This week a Court of Inquiry was bold on board
the SAN RAFAEL, in Hamoaze, before Captains
Woutaxv and EBLY, on Mr. RionArm Foor, purser
of the said ship, to investigate his conduct, in conse-
quence of a letter having been written to the Lords

A young Lady, the daughter of an eminent mer‘-
ant in the City, eloped on F riday morning last, with 1 of the Admiralty, by some anonymous slanderer, con-
ch: taining false accusations against him.—After a full
an Emigrant, who, for upwards of two years, has I
filled the situation of foreign clerk in her father's tinvestigation, the charges were proved to be ground-
countingthouse. No traces of the fugitives have yet : less, and Mr. FOOT was honourably accinitted.
been discovered. The young Lady wants but a few The HESPNR sloop of war, now lying in the Sound,
weeks of being of age, when she will come into un- is ordered to prepare for the East-Indies : she will
controuled possession of a fortune of £lO,OOO. take out dispatches from Government and from the
THEATRE, LYCEUM.—Mr. WRENCH, from the Bath East-India Company.
Theatre, made his first appearance on Saturday night,
in Bdenr, in The West Indian. In his person and de-
portment he is unaffected. He bustled through his with twelve transports, with sick troops on board from
scenes with much spirit and non-chalance. In his tit- Flushing ; the Young Berjaniin, Toskaiws, and the
I
terance he was rather too rapid, which prevented him 1 Jane, ADAMS, from London ; the Pappebburgh ship
from pointing many passages with the necessary ac-
i Vrow Maria, J. ANDERSON master, laden with deals
curacy; but his performance, on the whole, entitles
him to much commendation ; and in the lively .parts , and other timber, for,this port; the ship Good In-
of genteel comedy he will prove an acquisition to the ' tent, Cams, from New Brunswick, laden with timber,
Company. The merits of Miss DUNCAN in
Charlotte l bound to Portsmouth, put in here by contrarywinds ;
Freeport i and JOHNSTONE in the Major' are too well '
West-
known to require notice. In the Farce, Mr. WitiiNtsi : the Nymph transport, Capt. TRACEY, from the
on of , ward ; Eliza, WILDING, and Elizabeth, PHELPS, from
manifested the versatility of his talents in the
Lenitive, in The Prize, in which he was also well re-' London ; American schooner Eunice, T. WaLf.aos
ceived. master, from Liverpool, bound to Gottenhorgh with
We were happy to see the audience pay a just tri- : a cargo of salt, out 21 days, during which time she
bute to the memory of the fate lamented Sir JOl
encountered several very seven snow storms, and was
Moons. in that part of the farce where Tristram
' obliged to put in here by contrary winds; and the
Fiekir resolved, foal the moment, to be an • officer,
hired schooner from Falmouth •.'
he enumerates a list of British heroes, closed it with .1
"
Moore." The home hailed the DAnie with three I • Bailed the Portngtmesolwitaina, for the Brazils ;
diaaoct muds of SEPOINe• WIWILS
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PORTSMOU/H, OCTOfil R
• Arrivedhis Majesty'sshipVuvrvitE,ficrpGuertiSeT.
Sailed the DAUNTLESS sloop of war, with a convoy
for MAe,ira and Africa ; aqd SPARROWMAWKE, for
Guernsey.