Star.
London, England, 1806-06-10 00:00:00

A'AtiTICA INTSLIGEAVE.

WIIIYMOUTU, INNS 9 ----Tbe INLUOITIIIR frigate,
with a fleet of tran(ports and other veii Is nrd:r con-
voy from the Cape of Good Hope, a Portl •nd,
with the wind at E. _

POITIMOUTH, Jeer 9 --ratN t!•ing au rived or fail! d
this day. The outward bound Emit India fleet re-
mains—Wind S. E. . • • •
DIAL, June 9 —Sailed yelletday evening. the
Amphinite trent*
_port, to the weliward ; alio tlys day,
the BLANCHE f!igate, and the Fitt re :tin btig, on a
cruise off the French Cnafl. Remain in the p Arne
the re& of the fhips a• ptr E.N. E.
Dorn, JUNI 9.-sint.d th.c m wring the fhip
Alercurinr. Captain WiLLests, of and for Copenha-
gen, with bran ty. The comma which WA.. at an
anchor lad night riff the Foreland has pros e.led to _
the weflward with a light breeze fr m the earl ward.
A great deal 01 firing hasbeen heard hat e nea If all the
day at interval,: i appeared to he from the opp S. e
c .1.,, but I have n t been abler., cod the calif M t,
there •r having he.n any arrivals nm tt,e•tce; and
the weath:r has been ten hazy. all the d iv t,t fee at:rill's
the Channel. Ar teed in the R•,ad. this morning
the BLANCH!' frigate, t.-) take on board forbe
snore of
the Itores which were under !he diremi-lis Al Sir
SYCHIPY SMITH. TW.I large thi under jurt malts
ate to the weßward turning up, thpp tied t at thorn
which lately arrived at Partfor.utn fr !m Gisraltar.
Jolt failed the Ihip Die Nien HArmn eie, of Al apt I.
Capt. SKr r, from Hamhurgh, bound to St.Thonsaa'sr
Wind N. E. and moderate.

jullli..:4lle SWIFT hoop of war.
Captain %rusty. got under weigh this morning,
with the track for Tonningen under convoy, bu t wing
to the calmness of the weather, and the wind being
Eaßwardly, fhe was obliged to bring up again. The
Mousier', Captain SIMILE, was paid this day, and '
will immediately proceed to the Weaward. The
STATIILT has arrived at the Little Nore, from Yar-
mouth, to have her defeas made good. The Vewus
ftigate is undocked, and the ORP/11111s is docked. The
BILLITT2 Hoop of war failed this day, fuppofed fur
the B iy Of Honduras.

OR ****** D, JU N t 9.--Paffed by de Otls, Cracker, from New
York; Rover Waite, from Mena; Dorgeniur, Radon, from
Barcelona; Dinns Mill., from YoughaU; f. C. Royal°, Bonajadk.
from Zante, and the Elizabeth, Robe, from Waterford. Sailed
the Berry, S;oeks , and the Dims, Groatalles, fur Cork.

On Sunday afternoon a defperate affray took place
between a number of Ira labourers and Tome Ame-
rican feamen (belonging to (hips in the Llndun
Docks) in the Brhadway adjoining the Docks.—The
quarrel originated between an American and an Ira-
man, refpedting a woman of the town. A. battle en-
fued, and the friflunan having got the worn, went
away,. and returned in :he rout& of an hour (about
five o'clock), with a flrong reinforcement of his cont.
trymcn, armed with iiroomftick., bludgeons, pokers,
&c. which they brandifhed, and with violent impreca.
lions, dared the ranker:, as they termed them, to
the fight. The Americans, who were nuttier nit,
affernbled in a body for their own protelion, init did
not attempt to commit or provoke any breach of
the peace. Their, forbearance, however, only tended
to render the Irifhmen more furious, and they
(hewed every difpofition to commence an attack.—
Some of the Americans, induced by the threatening
afpeet of affairs, procured from on board a few area.
pnnd, but not diffident to arm the whole. This was
taken by the Sons of St. Patrick for a challenge, and
they inftantly made a ferocinus attack• rn the A nit-
deans, who defended Mcmfeires houtly, but wale
defeated in the end, with broken heads, legs, dir.
after a ma revere and bloody cornea. Upwates
of twenty Americans were wonnd.d, lie of them 10
dangeroufly, that they were obliged to be carried rif
the ground. A young man had his fkull traent et],
and lies without hopes of recovery a' the White Hart,
Neptune Street ; one had both hid legs broken, and
was taken to the London Hofpital : another had elle
leg broken, and is by no means free fr-m danger.
An American Captain is, we underhand, among
there moll hint in the affray. The fuccefs of the
frith made them quite outrageous; after the refolt
of the battle was known, reinforcements were con-
Randy arriving, who enliiied under the banners of
Murtoch Sullivan, the reputed leader. They hoifled
their hats on their weapons, and vociferated loudly,
" Liberty and Vinegar Hill for ever." •
The commotion excited a general alarm, and no.
tice of the proceedings was tranfmitted to the Police
Office in that diflrift, when Sir D. WILLIAMS, Mr.
Matra, and other Magiltrates airembled, with a
large poffe of conliables and police officer*, and re-
paired to the (pot, where the lioters•were hill para-
ding in great numbers. About 40 of the molt naive
were apprehended, and lodged in the feveral watch-
!mules in the vicinity of Tower Hill. Cuafds from
the Volunteer Corps in the dihria were placed over
them all night.
Yeflerday morning they were efcorted to Lambert-
flreet Office, where they underwent an examination.
About is of the wounded Americans (all who were
able) attended to give evidence. Oz invefligation,
it appeared that the Irifhmen were the aggreffors ;
23, out of the 40 brought up for examination, were
clearly identified to have taken an adive part ; ts of
theft were fully committed for trial, and eight, who
had been left violent, were fent on hoard the tender.
A woman, who was identified among the crowdlm
the nuffide of the Office, as the perfon who gave an
Irifhmen, at the time of the conflA, a clafp knife for
a weapon, was taken into cultody, examined, and
fully committed.
Before the American feamen were fuffcred In de-
part the Court, one of the Magiiit aces called their at-
tention to a few words he had to fay. He reminded
them of a riot which took place f• me time ago, in the
neighbourhood of Wapping, in which Come American
• Icemen were principal afters. On that . ceafion, the
Americans were found culpable, and punifbed accord-
ingly. He did not mean to fay, that any of that pre.
fent V, ere concet ned, but he wifhed to impede upon their
minds that the laws of this country were equally.ad-
miniiiercd to perfons of all nations. The Americana
wet in this intiance the injured parties, and jollies
Ihould be done them. He w.s happy to fay, that
from all that appeared, the Americans had condulted
theinkives in this unpleafant affair. With prudence
afr ocefio
and dirt-ration ; and any violence UM had bees mani-
fested by theta was only in their own defence. He
ctoonlicaludwedithbryseuaenzhorcteinagodthedt Its
forbearance, atanare anda they
wild be fere to meet with the fame relpell and pro•
tedion frog the laws as Britilh fubjeds.