Star.
London, England, 1805-11-09 00:00:00

PEACE IN INDIA.

near fiYe.

By the Teignmonth Packet, Captain WALES, ar-
rived at Plymouth from Bengal, dilpatches have been
received at the India Houfe from the Marquis WEL-
tress; containing the pleating intelligence, that
l'e.tce has been perfally rettorcd to our poffeffiuns
in India.

Colc:lel WOOO, charged with difpatches for Go.
wernment, announcing the fame intelligence, alfo ar-
riv,:d in the Teignmouth. Mr. PArrealow came
paffenger in the fame ve(fel.

Yefterday afternoon was very fruitful in rumours.
It was reported that the fquadron under Sir
STRACHAN had fallen in with, and captured the
Rochefort fquadron. We are forry to add, that we
cannot find any fuch accounts have been received at
the Admiralty.
It was alfo rumoured that Admiral Loom; had
fallen in with the wreck of the enemy's fleet after the
late battle GE Trefalgar, and captured ten more of
them. We with we could fay there were any grounds
- for believing this intelligence well founded. We are
ignorant of the quarter to which Admiral Louts
was detached, but we fear that it did nut afford him
much chance of intercepting a fquadron•of the enemy.
The fcene of the late anion was within ten leagues of
Cadiz ; and as the fhips which efcaped, giving all
polfible credit to the gallantry and enterprize of Ad-
miral Gaavms, would fcarcely venture, for lonic
time at lead, to appear at a greater diftance from
that port, it is not very probable that any farther ad-
vantages have been obtained over them.
A third rumour Rated, that an attempt had been
made upon Boulogne by Sir SYDNEY SMITH ;—that
the town and heights had been carried by the troops
by a coup 41, • main, and the whole flowla reduced to
ashes. This report came to us from fo many quar-
ters, and was [fated with fo much confidence, that for
a fhort time we were deceived by it, and beiore we
could make the proper enquiries at the Admiralty,
(about a mile diflant from our Office) we had ac-
tually Rated the fact as certain, in about 200 copies
of a fecond edition of our Paper. In the fubfequent
part of our impreffion, we hated the fate!, that no
fuch accounts had been received by. Government.—
Indeed by our letters from Dover we learn that Sir
SYDNEY SMITH was in that harbour yelterday.
Later in the evening another report was circulated
with fo much confidence as to induce one of our con.
give it a place in his columns. It
temporaries to
(fated, thit the Kirin of Pen SSIA had been affaffinat.
ed ; and the intelligence was (aid to have the autho-
rity of a letter, received by a refpetable honfe in the
City. On enquiry, we found that no fuch letter had
rtached that quarter ; and we attach no credit wha:-
kever to the statement.

It is faid that Minifters have received advice, that
in•confequence of the Ruffians having bee* apprifed ,
of the defeat of Macs, it was thought advifeable not
to maintain the advinced polition on the Inn, but to
fail back upon the fecond Ruffian Army. In that
cafe, BONAPARTR will find it more difficult to force
them to a battle, but at the fame time the Archduke
in Italy is left in the greater danger.
We underhand, that on the pft ult. Admiral Sir
CHARLES STIRLING was off Ferrol, with five fail of
the line, and feven (huller •tfials, at which time no-
thing important had occurred in that quarter.

Some of our contemporaries perfiß in Rating, that
his Royal Highnefs the Duke of Yo has. been ap-
pointed Commander in Cbief for the expedition. We
can alien poitively`fhat, whatever may eventually
happen, no fuch appointment had taken place when
the lati Privy Council broke up, which was lall Wed•
nefday.

Yefterday the Princefs AUGUSTA completed her
37th year, on which occation their Majeaies received
the congratulations of feveral of the Nobility at
Windfor Cattle. The Officers of the King's own Mi-
litia gave a grand Ball, in Windfor Town Hall, in
the evening, in honour of the day.
_ _ _

Yefterday morning, at nine o'clock, the Duke of
KRNT arrived at Windfor.
On Thurfday afternoon the Duchefi of Yoca ar-
rived at Windfor on a vifit to their Majefties.

Yellerday the Duke of GLOUCESTER Lord CAST-
LEREAGH, and Mr. PITT, had a codultation with
the Duke of YoLK, from about two o'clock till

Mrs.. Fox, the Lady of General Fox, had the ha
norm of being privately received by the Royal. FA-
MILY at Windfor, on Saturday and took leue

of their MAJESTINS and the Princedes, preparatory
to her departure for Gibraltar.
Lord CARRINGTON has arrived at his honk in St•
james's.place from his feat at HighWyclmbc, Bucks
Brigadier General C61.41[1.65 Hors is arrived at
r Canterbury from Dover. _ _

Earl SPENCER IS gone from Brandon to Althorpe,
Northampton. _ _ _

P. GRF NT ELL, Erg. has left Spring Gardens for
his feat, Taplow, Maidenhead.
On the 4th inhiant the Dumfries battalion of the
Duraftiedhire Volunteers allembled at Dumfries, on
permanent duty, coni;lling of the following cumpa-
nie:—The Mavis Grove ; Commercial ; Dumfries
Patriotic ; Annan ; Ruthewell ; the Artillery, with
the Patriotic Company of Clofeburn SharOhnoters,
all in a high slate of difcipline, mach to the honour
of their refpeelive leaders, and their Colonel Com-
mandant, A. De PEYSTER, Efq. of Mavis Grove.
Difpatches were yefterday received from the Chan-
nel Fleet, which had been difperfed by the late gales
of wind ; but the chips had all reloutad when the
accounts came away. The enemy "reemaised quid

in
The following is an extra& of a letter from the
Hon. Admiral CORNWALLIS, 10 WM. MARSDEN, Efq.
dated on board his Majefty's ship VtLia us Pasts, at
lea, on the Both of ()Sober, t nog :'•••
" The convoy under l'Unite frigate (which faded
from Po rtfmouth on the 4th of oElober) was north
of Lifbon on the !nth rout. with the wind at S.W.—
The Newfoundland convoy are arrived fafe. Sir
RICHARD STR•CHAN waited with the (hips under his
direction off Cape Finitterre for the patting of the
convoy, on hearing of the enemy."
Difpatches were yefterday received from Admiral
Decals, at Jamaica, announcing feveral captures of
the enemy's vac's on that Ration.
The RAISON ABLE, which is arrived at Plymouth,
was chaced in her paffage by a fatal! French (qua-
dron, fuppofed to be the Rochefort.
A letter from St. Kitt's, dated Auguft 28, Pays,
"The convoy from this ifland for England, in charge
of l'Artracante frigate, Captain MANEY, failed this
day for Tortola. confining of forty (hips. The yel-
low fever, in one week, has made dreadful havock in
this frigate, attributed to time invalids fent on board
her at Barbadoes, for a paffage home. Mr. Ras, the
Surgeon, Lieut. FLEET, the Hon. Mr. SERV, Mr.
CRAVEN, MT. PRATT, MT. FLOOD, Mr. BREWER, and
twenty-five feamen. Wave died fence the xoth ; like.
wife Lieut. BE LH AM, of the tgth regiment ; and it is
with concern I Rate, that Captain MANBY DOW lies
danger* ill on board the-Severn merchant thip.—
Brigadier General SrARILOW lies without hope of
recovery?'
ANECDOTE Or THE LATE GENERAL WASHINGTON*
—One REUBEN Rouzy, of Virginia, owed the Gene-
ral about 1,0001. While Prefident of the United
States, one of his agents brought an atlion for the
money ; judgment was obtained, and execution iffued
againft the body of the defendant, who was taken to
jail.—He had a confiderable landed efface, but this,
kind of property cannot be fold in Virginia for debts.
unlefs at the difcretion of the perfon. He had a large
farnily, and for the fake of his children, preferred
lying in jail to felling his land.—A friend hinted
to him that probably General WASHINGTON did
not know any thing of the proceediog, and that it
might be well to fend him a Petition, with a flatemect
of the cirenmilances. He did fo—and the very next
poft from Philadelphia, after the arrival of his peti •
tion in that city, brought him an order for his imme-
diate releafe, together with a full difcharge, and a fe-
ve re repriMand to the agent for having gled in fuch a
manner. Poor Rouzy was, in confequence, reamed
to his family, who never laid down their heads at
night without prefenting prayers to HEAVEN for
their " beloved WASHINGTON." PROVIDENCE (Willed
upon the labours of the grateful family, and in a
few years Rouzy enjoyed the exquifite pleafure.
of being able to lay the toool. with intereft at the feet
of this truly great man. 'V.Vasasain roe reminded
him that the debt was difcharged. Rouzy replied,
the debt of his family to the father of their country,
and preferrer of their parent, could never be dif.
charged ; and the General, to avoid the pleating im-
portunity of the grateful Virginian, who would nut
be denied, accepted the money—only, however, to
divide it amougft Rouz v's children, which he im-
mediately did.