Star.
London, England, 1805-11-18 00:00:00

DIVIDENDS.

January at. John Lewis, of Lamb's Buildings, Bunhill.row, Mid-
silefex, carver and gilder, at twelve, at Guildhall. •
January 11. James Coleman, late of Clare. Market, Madleft:,
poulterer, at twdve, at Guildhall. •
January as. Jonathan Fox and William Fox, of the Pavement,
Fladbury, London, merchants and partners, at ten, at Guildhall.
Dcc. 7. Andrew Burrefs Hoffman, of Charles-fired, Covent-
Garden, tailor, at twelve, at Guildhall.

SARAH ECKFORD, aged thirty five years. When
&It this cafe of Scrophula made its appearance it
was in the abforbent glands of the neck, which be-
came rather thickened, and then advanced to a hard
tumor ; the applied to a medical gentleman who
brought it to fuppurarion, he then opened it, and
the ueck became ulcerated from the ear to the thou'.
der ; tumors Nan filmed in the falivary glands, un-
der the chin, in the parotid, by the tide of the ear,
and the abforhent glands on the other fide. She
was admitted an out patient of St. Bartholomew's
Hofpital for eight months, without receiving any
relief. At this time, by the advice of Mary Efdaile,
who had experienced relief at the Difpenfary, Soho-
fquare, the bean taking the Drop., and continned
them for the (pace of a twelvemonth, when the ul-
cers healed, and the became perfe.lly well.
Crawn Court, neet-ftTett. SARAH IiCILFORD.
Be careful to alk for SPILSBURY'S Patent Anti
fcorbutic Drops, having the words 1, By the King's
Patent" expreffed at length rn the bottle, bill of di-
reCtions, and outride wrapper ; the (lamp alto, the
King's duty, is painted in black ink inllead of red.—
Bottles price yg. hd. ;as. and 11. as. duty included.
Difrolfrry, No. is, Solto.citrre.

THE EDITOR OR TIM £TAR.

NOVATINT t 4, IS 'S.
Sir—lt having appeared that of the nineteen (hips •
of the lme which (truck to the Englilh fleet in the late
engagement off Cape Trefalgar, two of them took
advantage of the weather, and ran inti. Cadiz, I beg
leave to draw the attention of the Gotet:;nient, . ~t
of the Nation, to this unwarrantable proceeding.
In its mutt material eireitmfianee. it is an exael
counterpart of what was done by a French 74 guts
Chip, lc Hero, after having !truck to the Magnanime,
commanded by Lord Howe, in the memorable defeat
of Conflans, by Sir Edward Hawke, on the 2.3 h of
November, 1759.
Le Hero having got to the leeward towards the
clofe of the day, was mitred by the hiagananinte, of
equal force. So dole was the tight that in ranging
up alongfide the enemy, the cat head 01 the Magna-
nime was carried away, and the anchor thcleto
fpf-
pended was (napped afuntler. When the Hero had
(truck her colours, Lett' Howe, preparing to anchor,
ordered her alfo to anchor near the ftla;:ratiinte, in
which he was obeyed. By this time it scat nearly
dark, and the night wag ternriefiwia,. As the Firft
Lieutenant of the Magnanime was ..!)..;,; In Ilep into
a boat to take polka-ion elle Hero, th:ps of the
enemy were ken tteering tight down op. n the Eng.
ith which again prepated and the
Lieutenant did not choofe to quit her undei thole
cireurnflances. •

By the time thole feven (hips made a change in
their coutfe, and paired the Magnanirne, it wa. too
dark, and the fca run too high to put an Englifli Of-
ficer on board k Hero. At the firll dawning of the
fucceeding day, that (hip WAS fern before the wiod,
and very !iron after to run aground on Le Four fand,
from whence the crew found means to etcape to land.
Conflans' own fhip, le So leil Royal, (hared the fame
fate, and her crew had the fame fortune. The two
(hips acre burned by the Engl;fh.
But the running away with le Hero, a furrendered
(hip that (truck her colours in aftion, which is the
pledge of filbmiffion on receiving quarter, was not
paffed over as an excufable praOice. Sir Edward
Hawke fent Lord Howe with a flag of truce to le
Due d'Agnillon, who had the fupreme authority on
that coati, to retnonftrate againfl this .IEI of his coun-
trymen. The Fir ft Captain of le Hero was fuppoled
to be then at le Duc d'Aguillor.'s, but did not make
his appearance ; the Second Captain, however, was
there introduced to Lord Howe. The aft, of (hik-
ing the colours, and furrendering the (hip, were ac•
knowledged, the impropriety of afterwards running
away with the fhip was admitted in the fullelt extent
—but it was reprefented to have been the at% of the
failors in contempt and defiance of the authority of
their officers, and the motive' of the failors was Rated
to have been the dread of lying feveral years in an
Englith prifon.
On Lord Howe's reprefenting the dreadful eonfe-
quences that might enfue from tech a pradice, as it
might put an end to giving quarter on a mere (hik-
ing of the colours, and cattle our naval wars to dege-
nerate into the cruelty of the barbarous ages ; and
on his demanding a lift of the crew of le Hero, and
that they should be confidered and accounted far at
the exchange of prifoners between the two nations,
thefe terms were immediately agreed to, and are a
precedent which, on the prefent occafion, ought to
be ailed upon, in vindication of the rights of war,
and the honour of the ration.
The Admiralty may have this fan authenticated
by Admiral William Peere Williams, and Sir Andrew
Snape Hamond, Comptroller of the Navy, who, as
well as the Writer, were at that time under the com-
mand of Lord Howe. TRIDFIIT.