Star.
London, England, 1806-01-02 00:00:00

liana :..e banner is which the ptittlie hiti'e been
abufed on this : -cation.

A New Is o;.k and Halifax Mail arrived yellerday,
which was brought to Falmouth in 2A days. Our
letters by thiaeonveyance are fisted the sth and 6th
tilt. but they contain no intelligence of importance.
'1 he merchants and ;Miners of B Acm, it teems, have
come to a determination to lbw up the Influence
Offices until the Congrefs than have taken into con-
ficleration the cnndu& of Great Britain relative to the
detention of a certain derciiption.of American Chips
bound to the ports of France, Spain, and Holland
and upon this fubjeft they have drawn up a remora.
I(trance, which is to be pretented to Congrefs innue.
diately on its meeting.

Yefierday, being New Year's Day, the Rotas.
Duces, and Ducts ass of You, dined with their
Kalamai. at Wind(or Cagle, lathe evening their
MAirstias had a Idea party.
The ad, or Qleen's Regiment of Font, and the i 3'b
Regiment, have arrived at Spithead, from Gibralttar,
in addition to the sath, mentioned two days (nice.
On Tuefday morning arrived at the Royal Dock
Yard. at Chatham, Commiffioner Gray's elegant
yacht, fOr the purpore of taking on board a number '1
of Noblemen and Gentlemen with their Limit
---es, who
propofed vihiting the ViEtory, lying about eight miles
from Chatham. At ten o'clock a lignal was hoilled,
when the whole embarked from the Royal Stairs.
and proceeded on board. Among the company we
noticed—
Lard Frederick Hendrick. Lord Trammel. Honourable Mr
Bromley; Captains Urirray, Hack and Taylor. of the Guards
latteafed by a sumermis band); ludics Taylor, Honourable Milk
*Hdaddriie, &e. &e. Ukewife, as we were intenned. Amaral Gem-
swim of tbe Corporation at Landon. via. Mr. Birch. Mr. pi.
'sty Wa44Mr. Deputy Otialbelaers, Sir W. &MOW, Mr.
Jostles Dlseksild Mr Deputy Nicoll&
The latter: party. the Committee of the Corpora-
tion of Lond4f; we underftood, was on a vita to
Capt. Hardy, to arrange the funeral priseeffitin of
Lord Nelfon. The gallant Captain and the whole of
hi. Officers received their guetis with the utmoll at-
tention and politeneft.liffit half pall four o'clock the
whole relanded at the Commiffioner's houfe under a
grand faint., and immediately left that place for
town The weather was exceedingly tempelluous
during the whole day.
A pirate letter from Holland Rates, that on the
stb. the day before the figning of the armißiee, the
Archduke Pesos mann had given a ennfiderable cheek
to the French divifion appointed to watch his corps
an the frontiers of Bohemia.

, • A letter received at Hull, by the lag mail front
. Petelfburgh, Rates. that a levee of t ao,ooo men had
been ordered to be made in tha Spring. Peterflurgh
appeared defected, all the Mars and Nobility have
ing left it.
A letter received at Hull hobs Andierdam, dated
tlik tikh ult. lays...a We are entirely fbrrounded by
armies, Which may be daily expeited to ail in open
Vex fare. In Norm, Hanover, Ike. Wilted* bow.
of Ruffians, *c. are castling I and the tan mail
I brought advises of the arrival of cis fail of &Mk
trahrports in the Elbe. The Frettch teem to Infiseft
that the report of Praia joining the coalition, will
prove true. At fire only afooo men were &Rind
for the defence of this country sit was lan week Paid,
that an army of flihooo French is collefting on the
frontiers, under the command of General BBITNIIII i
and this non.ber is now augmented to raopoo, with
Prince Louts as the chief is command. Bo AAAAA vs
feems to have ferious appiebettfloss. having drained
France of trooos, even to the Paris garrifoo, in order
to complete this force."
This morning, alum (even o'clock, a Are broke
odt in the paint-loft of Meffis.'Wilfon and Terrell,
enach.makers, No. at, Long-Acre i the upper part
of which, together with so Ws than twenty-five coach
bodies, in a Roiled fifte. WAS completely dellroyed.
Prom the paint-loft, the fire communicated back.
wards to the Red Lion Public-houfe in Hartareet,
which it alto dellroyed ; betides damaging the haute
of a furrier adjoining. It was at length gut under.
The Royal Circus is re-building on a More elegant
plan than the former.
An erroneous flatement of the efcape of a French
woman from the enemy's Sip l'Achillc, that was
burnt in the late anion off Trafalgar, having appear.
ed in different papers, we beg leave to fubmit the fol-
lowing, that was taken from her*own month by one
of the Officers on board the Ramos, whole hum,-
'• anity had contributed to fast her :
" During the atiinn be was Rationed below, hand-
ins up powder. After the (hip was difmalled and had
1 ftrOck, Ilse came upon deck. About this time the fhip
took fire ; her rigging lying acrofs her, it foon be-
came impoffible to eztinguilb the flames, and all the
people who were able to fwim, began to quit her.—
The vibtban then went down to the lower deck, while
the fire Was raging above, and Raid there until the
guns began to fall through the main deck ; the then
got out of the gun room port on the back of the rud- I
der, and undreffed, but would not truft herfelf to the
water, till the melted lead from the tafferil ran down,
and burnt her head, (boulders, legs, and feveral parts
of her body. Then, committing herfelf to Pans,-
DISCI, the jumped into the tea, and was about half an
hour, as near as Ike could goers, without any thing to
fopport her i the then, fortunately, got hold of a piece
of cork, which the found floating. Soon after, a man,
who was fwimrning near, bt ought her a (mall piece of
plank, which the got under her breaft—this was the
only fupport the had ; and, after being an hour and
' a half in the water, was taken up by one tithe BILLS-
is Lit's boats, the Officer of which, with that humanity
and attention to the weaker fee, which, we hope, will
ever charaacrize a &RA feaman, immediately pulled
off his coat, and fume other part of his clothes, to :o-
ver her. She was loon after put on board the Proms
Ichooner, from whence Inc was fent on board the
Rs•siic e the next in oning. We are happy to
addithat the f ,und on board the Picas► her hufband,
who had alto efcaped, and who was brought to the
'R.sortitie with her. They were both landed at Al.
gefiras, Oil our arrival at Gibraltar, after flit had been
~ fitted out by t.s in a date as fuitable to her fez as the
''! etinvei (ion of dreffing gowns, &c. would admit of
She was young, ltandfome, and very intelligent. She
i ;a nativeur French lianders---her name ja ii a t TTI." i