Star.
London, England, 1801-09-17 00:00:00

N Sweet, If you love nee. foiling tune',

She was immediately engaged at one of the Royal
Theatres, and foon after became the moil celebrat-
ed afirefs of her time ; and, after continuing on
the ftage thirty-fix years, as much beloved for her
many virtues in 1.-irate life as Die was admired for
her fuperiormerit in her profeffion, the retired from
the nage in May 5768, and died at Bath in three
months after.

A few weeks ago, was carried from Burfham,
in Wales, to the glafs works near St. Hellen, a
large iron plate, at tons t t cwt. upon a carriage
conftrueted for the purpofe, and drawn by 12
horfes ; for which the undertaker,Mr. S. BALL, of
Liverpool, received a confiderable rum of money.
This amazing weight is fuppofed to be the largest
that was ever carried over land in England.
The Duke of PORTLANNon his late vifit to Mr.
STURT; at Browufea Cattle, met with an unpica•
Pant accident. As his Grace was looking up at
the building, he fuddenly tripped, and fell flat on
his face. His hands being in his breeches pockets
he made no effort to favellimfelf, and conrequent-
ly his whole length came in dole contact with the
ground. His fpeitacles werc broken to pieces on
his nofe ; and yet, notwithflanding the feverity of
the fall, he did not receive the !lig/kelt apparent
hurt, or even fcratch. His Grace walked four or
five miles afterwards without complaining ; but
on his arrival at Poole, be felt himfelf fo Much
indifpofed that he fent for a furgeon.
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Early on Sunday fe'nnight in the morning, a
man in the fervice of Mr. Piaci., the Angel Inn,
at Sheffield, was carried away, together with a
chaife and two excellent horfes, by the violence of
the Rood in the river at that place, which was
fuelled to a prodigious height by the heavy rains.
It is fum-fcd, that he had driven his horfes into
the Ilream at Millfands, to wails them, though
II rialy charged to the contrary on the evening be-
fore- Part of the wreck of the chaife was recover-
ed ncar. the Park Furnace, the horfes were found
on a land bank near the bridge at New-Hall, and
the body of the poor man himfelf taken out of the
river at Attach&

The fame day, the bank of the Cotton Mill dart)
at Ecclesfield burg, and deluged the neighbour-
hood. Mr. Cot.Lsy, at the Paper• Mill adjoining,
ors fuffered much injury, the water having forced
its way into his premifes. and irrecoverably da•
maged a great quantity of finifhed paper.
A letter from Amalree, a village in the Gram-
pian Mountains, mentions, tl-at the earthquake• a
Monday fe'nnight, was ••ery alarming to the
habitants there. The letter alfo Rates, that its
duration was nearly a minute, and that the lock
was felt as far as 'overact's.

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NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

MAILS THIS DAY....Whid N. E.

aliatrao
o Hantburgb,
1 Dublin, &PUS,
O Waterford,
t =ghadert ger. 130
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Eming • mat will be made up at the General Poft
Office for the Leeward Mantis, to be conveyed from Falmouth
to the Wcft Indies, in the LORD C SPENCER, a new
packet, now at Falmouth, ready to fall as roan as the Mail
arrives there.

FALMOUTH, Spa% yefterday the
WALSINONAM packer, ROBERTS, with the Mails
of the Bth inft. for Lifbon ; the American (hip
Merchant, Capt. DYER, for Rotterdam; the Juno,
Worri4, for Guernfey ; and the Britifh King,
TONE, for London.
The CHESTERFIELD packet, Capt. BLIGHT, with
the Mails of the firft Wednefduy of this month for
America, is detained till further orders.
The KING GEORGE packet will fail, if fair wind,
on Saturday next with the Lifbon Mail of the ipth
inftant. The PEN sLors packet, from Jamaica;
the PRINCE Dew ST ditto, from America; and the
lisaLtqylN ditto, from Li(bon, are hourly ex-
peeled.
PLYSIDDTFI, SEPT. lg.—Arrived the Earl Saint
Vincent privateer; and SPEEDWELL floop, front a
MIZE.

Porrssiourn, SEPT. t6.—Arrived the RESO.
LOTION lugger, with a convoy from the Downs;
and Johannes and Elizabeth, with butter, &c. fent
in by the TARTAR frigate; alfo the ABUNDANCE
IRotefhip froth the Eaftward.—Sailed the MALTA,
of 74 guns, Captain BIRTH, to join the Channel
Fleet. The Tszst. man of war is the only (hip
slow Rationed at St. Helen's.
DOVER, 6IPTIMNER t6.—lf the Negotiation is
to be judged of by the frequency of flags of truce
palling, it goes on very brifkly.—One from hence
failed this morning with Difpatches.
DEAL, SEPT. [IIEOEIO the Downs
the HIGHLAND CHIEF, Captain GREENWAY, for
India.—Wind N. E.

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GRAVESEND, SEPT. 16.—Paf1ed by the Hope and
Ambo, FRYER; Neptune, Jaconson ; and Har-
mony, WILLIAMS, from Norway; Margaretta,
SMITH, from Qirebee ; Jonge Peter, —; and
Britannia, CAULSON, from Dantzic ; Jonge Maria,
SMITH, from Rotterdam; Fidelity, EDWARDS ;
Dove, BATTY Britannia,Caart ; Heetor, PR INC I. ;
and Nancy, PoßsoN, from Peteriburgh.—Sailed
the Jane, GARDNER, for Hamburgh ; Port Van
Pillau, —, for Koningiburg ; Twe Gebroders,
—, for Rotterdam ; -Vrow Alida, ; and
Drie Gefufters, —, for Amfterdam.
Rnt, Sart% I+—Arrived the Dart, Writ.-
LIAMS, and At-live, WILLIAMS, from Portfmouth;
Ann and Catherine, ROBARTS, from Sandwich;
Vbiquell ,Wltt.s; and Olive Branch, THOM r sow,
from Lymington ; and Three Brothers, STUDLL y,
from Southampton.—Sailed the Lapwing, CART-
RIDGE, for Portfmouth; Falcon, HANCOCK ; Unity,
FLOOD; and Rofe in June, STROUD, for Liverpool

Monday morning, a very large fleet for the
Baltic, Hamburgh, &c. failed from Leith Roads.
The neW packet DisratcH, with every accom-
modation for palfengers, carriages and horfes, fails
twice a week between Ilfracombe in Devon, and
Swanfea in Wales, from whence a mail coach joins
-the packets at Milford, which fail daily for Water-
ford.

The Honourable EDWARD Ktmc is appointed to
the command of his Majefly'sfhip MARIA, at Ply-
Mouth.

The Galen, and the Joreph, —, from
Liverpool, and the Aurora, COLMAN, from Ja-
maica, are reported to be loft at Honduras.
The Ifabella, REID, from Riga, is arrived at
El(*more, after being on fhore at Sandhammer, and
unloaded a part of cargo..

The Lavinia, Ettrs,./from Tortola to Qebec,
is loft near Tortola ; great part of the cargo laved.
The brig Unity, of Biddeford, Capt. Swirrotv,
bound to Dram, ran on fhore off Walden, on the
coaft of France, the ,cth inflant, and was burnt
by the enemy ; crew Paved by the MARINER gun.
brig. •

The Dutch have four (hips, of 74 guns, at Am•
fierdam, two of them without any men in them.—
In the Texel they have one of 6¢ guns, one of go,
two of z 6, one of 16 guns, and two (mailer vef-
fel; ready for fea.
The Mscsaa fire.ftip, Capt. Nswnouss, was,
during her late cruizc, ordered off Brett, where
the continued in perfest readinefs to have gone into
that harbour, only waiting
.for another fire-fhip
then expelled. The enterprize was to have been
condueted by Captains BRISBAN a and NEWHOUSE,
and would have been put in execution had not the
Trench received intelligence of it, and were pre-
pared accordingly. _ _

A very gallant anion hasbeen fought off Roche-
fort by the AM, LIA frigate, Captain Hsaas sr,
with a fquadron of three French frigates and a
fehooner, which Ile compelled to return to Port.
'1 particulars of this anion are as follow:
Oa the 22d of Auguß, fhe was ordered in by fig-
nal from the I MPETIYIU I, of 84 guns, Commo-
dore Sir E. PF.LLEW. Bart. to reconnoitre the ene-
my's force in Rochefort. On her nearing the Port,
the obterved two frigates and a fchooner (landing
I'.lt towards her; one la Medufe, of 30 guns, and
the (.titer a 44 gun frigate. Captain limiter
immccli..tely bore down, and brought them to ac-
tion in the molt gallant Rile. In a (hurt time the
!i-devant Ambufcade, of 32 guns, came out to
join her contorts, but the fire from the AMELIA
WAS to well kept up, that the French fquadron
bore away for Posit. The AMELIA Rood after
them, and aFtually lay to for them off the harbour.
The (bore was lined with thoutands of fpcaators,
who witneffed the retreat of their frigates covered
c•o47log). The A ris E LlAtuflaiued but little damage,
having made her obfervations,returacci to the
fittadron.