Star.
London, England, 1806-08-21 00:00:00

MIN TM' IMOVITIIIVIL

" We etteem ourfelves fort
cd the information neceffAry t
guard againft the rumours wl
circulation, 2nd which we are
skate.

as All the difficulties whicl
have been removed. Außd
Cmfederation of the Rhine I
of Alibi& confers upon this
thofe of other Imperial Hon
4, Pruffia has acknowledge
the Rhine, as well as the lei
many.

4, His Majelly the King o
M. de Humboldt his Miniftt
plea. He has alto appoints
of Holland, and to the Grill
Berg.
" The Emperor of Aullri
the King of the Two Sicilies
" The orders are prepari
return of the Grand Army
count of the peace, will tab
umber, as we before went
The'affairs of the Cow
arrangement at prefent, the
' neat tranquillity. Gold an
town in vain t there is not
willing to fell the blood of /
" The ratifications of th
Rutlia will be exchanged al
ryth inftant, and all the ird
lately received from that gi
proofs of the pacific difpofi
ander, and of his defire to
peace.
" In England, the peopl
Mr. Fox, and a great nu
.Council, among whom an
Petty, Lord Howick, Lot
dan, teem to be of the fan
elation:, begun in the mot
matured t peace ;Jett*, ac
the point of being figned.
of Mr. Fee. aid Air Weser
every, gig emeertela, aid b
eatery!, in the labyrinth of A
aid eafotifiry. Mr. Fox a
complicated diforder. 1
London mentions that he
rations, which have plan
but which will oblige hitt

time."
According to the all<
Pruffla have minor/leas,

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(Wu:ion. In other won
the Imperial crown of (
Emperor of Auftria, a
months, as Bo
French. This (hews how
of a counter league. T
any thing but acquiefcer
Auftria, to whatever ar
propafe, under their prel
abilsrd ; but it is not fc
could be afcertained in I
sot only ratify D'Ousi
NAPOLION'S birth•day.
that, on whatever day'y
it muft obey his mandat
The paff.ige in this in
backnied allulion about
Tuption is preferved, is
We have always remar
molt ready to make it
greateft telpeding the
;or when his eapcflatior
were on the verge of I
BOWAPARTt has ado
compelling the minor 1
the benefit of being acil
but thole who adhere t
thority in their refpalis
Rrike a fe.w copper coil
the purpofe of prefer'
zaagiftrates for the ad
the wildert anarchy is
reignsies, for the put pc
the Prince, and comp
BONA/AIM
One of the Minor P
of the t stlt inR. ennta
(sibilance and tendenc
The news from the
The report of an eng
the Blitifh and Front
well founded, And thA
afters to the enemy,
tinned. It is now a
number of twelve thn
2re polled in the neig
Eupliemia,ss here the
gentr. One of the F
was laid to have tlet
of CotenzA, it appe.
near fifty miles from
politsun. Rcusika,

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and when it may be reafonably returned the seprn•
ation had been brought to a crifts.
The following is the article to which we allude.
and which we Extra!
Pl.Oll TNa IIONITIOI or wooer 13.
" We efteern ourfelves fortunate in having obtain.
ed the information neceffary to put the public on their
guard againft the rumours which are at prefent in
circulation, and which we are authorifed to commu-
nicate.

All the difficulties which exifled in Germany
have been removed. Auaria has acknowledged the
Cinfederation of the Rhine ; and the title of Emperor
or Aufiria confers upon this Houk a title equal to
thole of other Imperial Houle*.

64 ProtLa has actnowledged the Confederation of
the Rhine, as well as the late arrangements in Ger-

many.
" His Majefly the King of Pruffia has appointed
M. de Humboldt his Minifter Plenipotentiary to Na-
ples. He has alto appointed Minilien to the King
of Holland, and to the Grand Duke of Cleves and
Berg.
" The Emperor of AuDria has alto acknowledged
the King of the Two Sicilies.
" The orders are preparing for the Staff for the
return of the Grand Army ; and the Fetes, on ac-
count of the peace, will take ;show the end of Sep.
amber, as we before mentioned.
The affairs of the Continent are in that Date of
arrangement at prefent, that it may look to perma- f
' nent tranquillity. Gold and corruption would be
town in vain t there is not a Prince who would be
.willing to fell the blood of his fubjeas.
'6 The ratifications of the Treaty of Peace whit
Ruffin will be exchanged at St. Peteriburgh on the
evil Whitt, and all the information which has bow
lately received from that great Capital furnifhes freh
proofs of the pacific difpofition of the Emperor Alex-
ander, and of his &fire to contribute to the postal
peace.
" In England, the people appear to with for peace.
Mr. Fox, and a great number of Members of the
.Council, among whom are Mr. Eakin', Lord H.
Petty, Lord Howick, Lord Moira, and Mr. Sheri
dan, teem to be of the fame inclination. The neg.,.
ciatiuns, begun in the month of March, were alrnuit
matured ; peace itfelf, according to report, was on
the point of being figned. Bet she inure indifpojdoct
if Mr. Fort, acid bin shirtier from Council, hams rendered
awry thing untertain, and have re plunged theft important
inure!, is the labyrinth of &Anomie china:o4in abjlraltiont
tad cafitylry. Mr. Fox appears to labour under a
complicated diforder. The latell intelligence from
London mentions that he has undergone feveral ope.
rations, which have placed his life out of danger,
but which will oblige him to remain quiet for Come
time."

According to the above flatement, Auftria snd
Pruffia have acknowlegged the new Germanic Con-
fiitution. In other words, Footle's has renounced
the Imperial crown of Germany, and is now only
Emperor of Atlilria, a title not fo old, by tome
snonths, as BONA ????? 's title of Emperor of the
French. nib (hews how unfounded the reports were
of a counter league. To cope& refillanee, or indeed
any thing but acquiefeence on the part of Pruffia and
Auliria, to whatever arrangements NATOLION may
propofe, under their relent eircumllances, would be
abflud t but it is not In e.tfy to comprehend how it
could be alcertained in PArit that ALIXAMMIR would

not only ratify D'Ousares Treaty, but do fa on
NAPOLEON'S birth•day. Is Ruffia fa much humbled,
that. on whatever day:may be named by NAPOLEON,'
it mull obey his mandate t
The palrage in this interefling article, in which the
hacknied allution about diffeminating gold and eor•
suption is preferved, is too obvious to be mifiaken•
We have always remarked that Bo AAAAAA I has been,
=oft ready to make it when his uncertainty was the
greateft refpeßing the tranquillity of the Continent.
•or when his espeiftations with refpeß to this country
were on the verge of difappointment.
Bo AAAAA Tr has adopted a moll effeaual mode of
compelling the minor Princes of Germany to claim
the benefit of being adasitted into his league. None
but thole who adhere to it, are to enjoy the leatl au-
thority in their refpetlive territories. They can neither
ftrike a few copper coins, maintain a few foldiets for
the pnrpofe of preferring their police, nor appoint
enagiftrates for the adminiferation of jullice. Thus
the wildeft anarchy is ellablifhed in there petty Sore-
zeignties, for the purpote of exciting the lubjea again('
the Prince, and compelling him to bow the neck to
BONAPARTE.
One of the Minor Papers, the journal du Ccmtrierse,
of the z stb. init. contains an article of much the fame
fubtlance and tendency with the one in the l'onitestr.
The news from the South of Italy is interefling.—
The report of an engagement in Calabria, between
the Blitith and French, we have rcafon to think, is
well founded, arid that it has been attended with chi--
afters to the enemy, equal to what have been men-
tioned. It is now admitted that the Britith, to the
number of twelve thoufand, according to one account,
are• polled in the neighbuntho,,d of the Bay of Saint
Euphemia, where they have been joined by the ii.fur-
gents. One of the French Grtierals (VI A DI k It), VA.)
was laid to have defeated the Btitifh willun A league
of Colenza, it appear, has fallen back to Catfano,
near fifty miles II one the former place, or the Englifb
REGNIIa, the other General, pick* yes alt.('

Xerpattid Mance, hatlog betaken hinifeify with
his divifion, to Catanzaro, on the Eallan fide of the
Peninfula, and of the mountain, which interfea ulte-
rior Calabria from North to South. It is char from
there pofitions, that the enemy have found it amenity
to abandon the extremity of the Peninfida, and that
part of the coact oppofite Sicily.
The Order of the jefuits have been expelled from
the dominions of King Joslyn,. The finances of the
new King needed recruiting, and the property of the
jefuits has been fdmd on, and are now offered as
fecurity for a forced loan of t,a00,000 ducats, to
which his: faithful fubjeits are compelled to fubfcribe.

We have alfo received Dutch Papers to the 18th
inft. and the Hansturgh Correfierdtrd of the trth. Not.
withftanding the pacific affurances in the Meriteur, it
it Rated from Vienna, that the French troops are in-
creating in the neighbourhood of the Inn ; and it is in.
filmed, that a number of Auftrian regiments were
about to advance towards that River. The Dutch
papers are alto at variance with the Paris Journals re.
(petting the military movements in Germany. The let-
ters from Frankfort, Ratifbon, and other places, men•
tion that the French armies were advancing from all
points towards thi Aultrian frontier. The profpeel
of an accommodation is not fpoken of in that fatisfac-
tory and decifive manner that it is in the Official
Paper. Not the leap allufion is made in the Vienna
intelligence, either to the league of the Rhine, or to the
acknowledgment of it by the Emperor of Ausrasa.

ENGLAND AND AN tile/L.—While affairs yet hang
in painful fufpenfe between this Country and France,
we are happy to be able to announce. that'Lords
HOLLAND and AUCKLAND are named Plenipotentia-
ries to treat and filth upon the fubjed of the Difficul-
ties which have viten between the United States of
America and Great Britain, with Meffrs. PINCKN sr
and Moo to e, appointed for the fame purples by Con-
grefs. In there Dominations both Count, ies omit re-
ceive and feel the higheft fatisfation. The appoint.
ment of the nearelt relative to Mr. For, moll de•
fervedly poffeffed of his fullett confidence, and .that
of the perfon who of all others is allowed to be the
molt converfant with the commercial relations and
interefts of the Lizitifit Empire, to this arduous duty,
mull be to America the belt pledge of the fincerity
of England, and of the value the latter places upon
her friendthip. To England, the nomination of two
of the molt refpatable. well informed, and temperate,
of the Citizens of the United Stater, mull be matter
of the greaten fatisfaetion. Under filch aufpiees we
look with confidence to the renovation of a good on-
derßanding between the two countries, and of filch
arrangements as may confolidate that harmony and
mutual good-will fo effential to the inured' of both.
We rejoice to be able to fay that Mr For gains
Rrength daily. He was yefierday fo well as to take
an airing for folue time in his garden, and he tranf-
ailed bufinefs with the Marquis of DOtrat.es, previ-
ous to his departure for his important ernbaffy at St.
Petetlburgh. His Royal Highnefs the Panics of
Woci.s paid him a •ifit before he fee out for Gotland,.
I Mr. For alto Caw Earl Stamen. Lord HOLLAND,
Lord H. PITTY, Lord W. Rust's", General FITZ*
rertier, and feveral other friends.

Yefterday the fon of General For, a youth about
fourteen years of age% was introduced to his milk
Mr. Secretary Fox, by his tutor.

General blacitsmzir, of the 78th regiment of Foot,
who was Infpating General of the Brigade in the
North of Scotland, and alfo Lieut. Col. Commandant,
was lately appointed by the Duke of York Governor
of Alderney, and fet off with his fuite on Monday
for Portfmouth, to take the command. •

Tuefday fe'nnight, the ad battalion of the atf re-
giment of foot matched from Ayr barracks for Ire-
land.
Tuefday and Wednefday fe'nnight the fecond light
battalion of the King's German Legion marched
into Limerick from Tullamore, nn their route for
Cork, where it is Paid they are to be immediately em-
barked on foreign fervice.
The valuable ecelellaflical perfcrments in Ireland,
vacant by the promotionof Dean Warburton to the fee
of Limerick, have been apportioned between the Rev.
Mr. Dawsou, brother of the Member for Monaghan ;
the Rev. Mr. Ponsottav, (nephew of the Lord Chan-
cellor) ; and the Rev. Mr. B. DUDLiT, Chancellor
of the Cathedral of Ferty:, Bcc.
Friday arrived in Leith Roads, the Titl74 TS and
Noise frigates, of 36 guns each, and LYNX floop of
war, from a cruize in the Greenland teas. There
frigates were difpatched in quell of the French fri-
gates the Revanche and Syrenne, contorts of the
Gnerriere, which was taken by the Bea mcm a ; hut we
are furry to fay, their cruiLe has been unfuccefsful.

. . -
Doting one of the late thunder norms, there fell
upon fonts meadow, near lxfonallereven, in the county
of Kildare, a Mower of thells, which coveted the
fields and even the public road. to a great extent. We
have feen fume of thefc (hells, colleCted immediately
after they had fallen,- by a gentleman of untioeilion-
able veracity, in whole poffetrion they hill ate—they
are all of the fame fhape and appearance, in form
abr•ut half an inch long, and at the month
about one-eighth of an inch in diameter ; the Neils are
thin and bottle, and what appears winft extraordi-
nary, contain living animal. of the fnail kind. We
give theft fats as they are, leaving it to others to at-
tempt accounting for lo extraordinary acircurntiance.
—Dublin Journal.

At Morganflown, in America, Abel Clements was
in May lift fentenced to death, for killing kis wife
and eight children.
Mrs. Airier's very animated and faithful Pour.
traiturs of Sobcifka, in the Grand Spettacle of the Po.
'Tyrant, is every evening the fubjeet of praife and
wonder with all ranks and defeription of perfons.
The Royal Amphitheatre may, however, he laid to
teem with more wonders than one ■t the prefent
moment, lince we have to notice not only the wonder.
In! little Antipodean's Horfernanthip, the wonderful
Work* of the Great Friar Bacon, and the Cloud
Clown, but the truly wonderful 'Dancing of Young
6aunders on the Tight Rope.

Wattricia ntruLIGENCL

MAILS THIS DAY...Wind N.
Ala ova. I All. NIL
Gotha o t Oottenborgh s
Waterford o s j Hattaburals o s
PENZANCE, AUGUST tL
This morning, put into this bay, the gallint Four
Brothers, of Aldenbetg, from St. Martin's, with fah
for Tonningen, detained by the Qleenborough pri-
vate (hip of war, of London, and is endeavouring
to work for Plymouth. Lafi night the Pruffian brig
Vrow Maria, from Bayonne, with wine, failed fur
Falmouth ; and the Nicholas, of and from Dungar-
van, with oats, :cc. for gmfworth.—Wind E. S. E.

FALMOUTH, AUGUST ill.
Arrived the American fhip Sally, Captain Assay,
from Londan ; Brothers,_ Dazzswo, from Portf-
mouth ; his Miley's brig SWALLOW, MILNER, from
a cruize ; the ip Brixton, FilitD, and Mary Ann,
Vaasa's, from London, bound to Newfoundland.—
Sailed the American (hip Sally, Captain ASHBY, for
Baltimore; Mary, Rats, for Newts ; and Fricndthip,
BALL, for Liverpool.—Arrived the NlSalbll frigate,
to give inilrueinns to the trade bound to Newfound.
land, Quebec, dtc.—.-Sailed 'the American (hips Ly-
dia Tayt.oa, for Rotterdam I and the Woodrup
Bln;Ins, HAYS,,, for London.—Wind Balt.
PLYMOUTH, AUGUST t 9.
Came in the Bs zzeanyaos, of 74 gum., from this
Channel Fleet ; Eit , of to guns, from
the Wetly/art!: CLAYTON, of ;o gulp,. from the
Downs, with learners for the CANOPUS, of 74 uns,
and the SAPIPSON, of 64 guns; William and ohm
Captain Sierra, from Riga, with naval fibres, or the
Duck Yard. Sailed the Eansavnue, of to guns,
with the trade to the Well ward. Arrived the Betfey
privateer, from a crnize. &tiled the HA a tam!, Jo, of
t 6 guns, to the Well ward.
PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 20.
Arrived feveral outward-bound Wails, from the
Downs.—Wind S. W.
DOVER, AUGUST AO.
Sailed yollerday evening the brig PALLAS, of Bof
ton, Captain Rica, bound to New York, with fun.
dries ; alfo the btig Maria, Captain MILDENSTIIN,
of-Copenhagen, bound to Cadiz, in banal,. We had
early this morning a very heavy form of thunder,
lightning, and rain. Have not heard that it did any
damage sn this neighbourhood —ln the Roads, the
Nita and Avila, cutters—Wind S.W. and moderate.
DEAL, AUGUST so.
Sailed for the French Cord feveral gun brigs.—
Came down from Sheernefs the Spitfire (loop of war,
and remains ie the Downs with the mil of the (hips
as per lad. This morning his Majelly's Iltip Reott.
Lys failed on a cruize, but is fence put bask. Wind
S. S. W.
GREENOCK, AUGUST r 6.
The bag Lady Coste,l=4.ese et the Jamaica Sea, sabred
here es fetariey. The ; sod Mars, OW ef
elts this pm. were prevented ire ins saa
so cantrary v4o6a. A Gamesman ((rims soksewn)
a was upke Is a Mien fquaill lithe Oelph of
lop
Mids. NU bore/ she crew,
drowsed. The Ostph was 'Wing..
Wilt 011nig tWO which were aptared ha the
like if ii. Ewiwaplawe. The Lad
_y Cie s the lust en the MS&
al welLaildas hobs of newleneltildet weeiher. The
11110.Aorisfssosether of tbsilatoodered iloolpitter the Lady
=trifled on the IR hi dr Isis/ f des Sena of New
Ciptain waded's, thinia a soonher of the Sect
EmNsaisitabost that time. as why anal &Lwow In 6‘ht on the
felloolee day. The hefty, Ishaltourived Wren Gtafgow on Ss-
twilitAteat St. Kitt'., failed there, on the nth oh under convoy
of the of tar, In company with
37 fall 71t about fame
attire. Intending to run it, het bilk. baso awed by the French
Illoadross, they joined the coons, se IMAM, sod reported that they
!Wan the vaiNs to Saferette Wads toiler Etcher under Brim.
Moo Ink lei *.arks if tt.liosoory. It was undo-Rood at
ill Clefs ast die resew loolloloopoil three fad at Moontferrat.
The Battey parted commuting die Leedom Alp on the pth Ind. in
▪ os 6 long. 36. I. MS friberilingvaliels accompanied her ds
.of Dnblin,tfa. Auzutta.—; Rigby.--; Lady Carman, ....;
aid Mary Ann, —, for Liverpod ; Obrien, —; and Lovely
Ea& —, foe Dublin; two brigs (names unknown) for White.
ANN= s King George, —; Rachel, and another dip,
Ores unknown) for MINE
OILAVESIND, ADOOST so.—Paffed by the London. Snider;
eel the Ocean, Neale, from Tooningen.—Sa icd the Mermaid.
Nagar, for the Cape of Cloud Hope; Vrow Gertruda,
al the Kamsher, Rofenkrent, for Hamborgh.
MADRAS GAZETTE, JANUARY us.
By the brig Malcolm, arrived at Pondicherry, from
Malacca, we learn, that the American brig Putnam
was captured by a Malay pirate brig. The Malcolm
afterwards fell in with and engaged the pirate and her
prize, off the Earl end of Lengors, and fucceeded in
besting them of: The Chief Mate of the Transfer,
who Was on board the Malcolm, was killed in the en-
gagement, and one man wounded.

On Monday the Sixth Regiment of Loyal London
Volunteers muttered on Wantlead Flat., and ikir-
mithed through the Foreß to IValthamllow Houle,
where the neighbouring Gentry had allembled. At
on; o'clock Capt. law's, of the Grenadiers, addref-
fed the Colonel as follows :

Sir—l have the honour of prefenting to you from the Commit.-
firmed, blomeommilfioned Officers, and Privates of the Sixth Re.
gimcnt of Loyal London Volunteers, this token of their paled
elleem and attachment. When in an arduous moment they united
in fuppoit of the Lawn and Conflittition, and in defence of their
KW: and Country, you cheerfully complied with their unanimous
requeft to become their Commander.
The general coedit& of the Regiment. the voice of their fellow
Citizens, and the favour of our Sovereign, ►ave confirmed the
Judean:tit they evinced In their choice.
lie allured, Sic, that your urbanity and attention npnn every
tweafion hoe made a deep imprellion on the heart of every Mem-
ber of the corps ; but the beneficial Influence of your public (pick
wi I be felt, when the recolleCtion of perfonal regard and friend-
thir man ceafe.
May you long continue to enjoy all the bleffinge of life—may
your numerous and happy progeny walk Readily in your Rcpt,
toe the feenrity of their own felicity and the fanher advantage of
their country ;—and, facrcd to friendfhip, to loyalty, and to pure
patriotlfm, may this Cup be headed down to your lateit panel ity:
On the Gold Cup was the following infcription :
To Sir Robert Wigram, Bart M P. Lieut. Col. Commandant of
the Sixth Regiment of loyal London Voluntcets,
This Cup is unanimonny and moR Cordially prcfented by the
Commiffioncd, Nontornmiffirmed Officers, and Privates, in trill-
morl of their meted attachment and eßeem—,Bo6.
'the Colonel made an appropriate reply, and at
two o'clock the regiment partook of foldiers fare.
Sir Roster role, and on giving his Majelly's
Health, Ihe Father of his People, ordered a paufe
for half an hour, that every Member of the Regi-
ment might drink the King in the Gold Cup, and
afterwards many hundreds expelieneed the like gra-

At five o'clock the Colonel gave a ma that was
drank with vita applaufe—.. The imthortal Memory
of the Right Hon. Wm. Pitt, and the Volunteers of
the United Kingdom ;" when the Curps returned
over Lea Bridge to head quarters.

SPORTIXC INTELLIGENCL

YORE RACES, MONDAY, AUGUST si.
A &Wit iption of alga. each, for ht•rfes, Ike. 4 year
olds to cart y 711. 91h. i y yr old. to carry 811. slb.;
6yr olds and age .1 8:1. t o!b. Four•year odd Silks
to be allowed 41b. Four miles.
Mr. Gsrfonb's gr m Marcia, aged 8
Lord Rtz*illizaa's be' it Paul, by Sir Pent, 4 yrs dd
DI and 7 to 4 ae Muds.
Mr. Watt's Shuttlecock, by Schedoni, beat Mr. N.
B. Hodgfon's Brafferton, by Beningbrough. 88. each,
the hill mile, aoogs. h. ft. Six to, agll Shuttlecock.
His Majelly's wogs. free for any honk, Bcc. 4-year
olds to carry ma. 41b. ; s-yr Old, 4 I ft. 61b. ;-4 yr
old s afl. and aged I: all. alb. One 4 mile heat.
Lord b e it Paul, by Sir Peter, 4 yrs old a
Sir T. Gskoigoes sr C Dwm %Jeri 4 MOM a
Lord Dortogoon's b b ferairtiat. 6 yn old 3
Five and 6 to 4 on Sir Paid ; and lis sunning tie loft sane sad
bail so tot aping due Valasor.
The Produce Stakes of wogs. each, h. ft. for colts
8(1. ylb. allies 811. 41b. Four miles.
Dais of Hamiltun's lit by Winn, dam by javelin .a
Lord Fltzsrillisses b c Caleb Quotem, by Sir Peter
Mr. W. N. W.Hevrate•b f MiG Hornpipe Tank • 3
Mi. Burton's ch. c. Burleigh, by Stamford, age.
Mr. Nakao's br c Integrity, by Totteridge, SIL each,
:cogs. Two miles.—CJmprosuifed.
A poney race for so Jgoineas, on which confider.
able bets were depending, took plate on Monday
evening on the Harrow Read. The ponies were the
properties of Mr. Dunn and Mr. Tabb ; the diflance
ran was from the four.mile to the two.mile ftone
from Tyburn turnpike. It is fuppnfed that there
were as many fpeEtators to fee the race as are gene-
raliy witnefred on a race eourfe. Slight odds were
betted on Mr. TabS's poney, which was the leper of
the two, and which was rode by an expert boy, groom
to Lord F. BI•IICLKRC. The race was an exceeding
good one, the ponies being neck and neck the greater
part of the affiance ; but in making the grand pugs,
in the lati half mile, Mr. DUNN'S poney (hot a head,
and 'the- • thr,'

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. won 4 race by about three lengths. The lefer
pony, it was fuppofed, would have won on turf, the t
road being in feveeal parts covered with heat gravel.
All the fportfrnen in town were prefect.

Yeflerday a Court of Dire(tors was held at the
Eat} India Hnufe' when the flip Taunton Cattle, of
1.98 tons, was taken up for a voyage to India.
bi
The violent thunder form of Y efterda morn i
_g,
fretehed over all the weflern part of Surrey, Middle- * 1
fez, and into Berkfhire, and exceeded any thing in the
memory of man. A farm.houfe was (truck between
Reading and Newbury, and totally confirmed, toge-
ther with two flacks of corn. Hodes were fo fright-
ened as to occafion the fage coaches to flop and take
(better, for fear of accidents, and the paffengers report * , •
that they law feveral houfes on fire in their way to
town ; the torrent of rain molt have prevented the
' fpreading of fit eto any extent. It (truck the hours 3,
of Mr. Standilh, at Lewis.place, Fulham, broke the ~
windows, dearoyed a clock, and Dreadfully {Combed .• 4
two women. It alio (truck a houfe at Hammerfmith, •
where a number of labottring men were affembled 4 'f'
and two of them were ftruck down. and carried, in
a Rate of infenfibility, to a furgeon's in the neigh- A
bourbood. The apple trees have (offered by the wtnd
and hail, with which it was alto accompanied, and
many trees have been frock by the lightning. ' 1
During the thunder form yefterday morning the
Mail coach going to Dover, was upfet near Rainbow's,
between one and two o'clock, occafioned by the horfes
taking fright and running again[ a hedge. Fonts- •
nately none of the paffengers were hurt. -
FURTHER PARTICULARS or THE FIRE AT WOOL.,
WICH.—His Majcfly's (hip Dover, of 44 guns, which I
we Rated in our Paper of yellerday to have been ' "* .
burnt, had been prepared as a'floating barrack for the - ' •
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new divifion of Marines, called the Woolwich diet- • il
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lion, and was placed along fide the upper end of that I , .• .
town, near to the malt hooks, dole to the quay...-. :
From the quay to the (hip was • platform, which ' f
made the veffel quite eafy of accels, and in every . .
fenfe as commodious as land barracks. On board of .-
this veffel were generally from three to four hundred ,
of the Woolwich divifion of Marines, with a propor- ' I •
tionate number of Officers.
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About half par twelve o'clock yefterday morning, ,
the Centinel on the poop of the (hip gave the alarm t
of fire, which was patted to the dock yard. The fire
bell was rung, and inftantly relief and affi fiance were
afforded to thole on board, who were in number about ,
120 men, so women, and about half as many ehil- 1
dren. About two o'clock the Dover was in flames
from Rem to fern, but before this almoft the whole of i ".
thole en board had effected their efcape. Such a Gene i
of dithers has been teldom witneffed ; men were Seen t
dragging their wives out of the port holes, while ,
mothers were• heard (creaming for their children ; I
others, half burnt, were Peen leaping from the (hip to , '
the (bore. A feljeant's wife threw her infant out of ; ,
A port hole, and jumped after it herfelf into the mud, 4 '
it being low water. and both are raved. The wind *I
was alight breeze from the Northward, which proved
to be a mod fortunate circumflance ;had it been from
the North.weft. nothing could have laved the malts j
houfes from taking fire ; and if it had been from the
North Ealt, three of his Majefty's (hips, the Matilda,
the Weymouth, and another, would have been in
peat danger. The Matilda was the neared to the
Dover, and had Admiral STANHOPE'S flag nn board.
(he Admiral arrived about two o'clock, but from the
flotation of the wind, did not order a Angle (hip to be t /
uttmottred. General Lootto, who commands the ' '
gartifon, had, in lets than Entry mirutes atter the ' i
alarm had reached the Barracks, affembled two thou.
land men on the [pot.
The greaten confolation we have to offer it, that
lonly two men loft their lives on this molt alarming
occafion ; one of them, we underhand, was a pro 1
loner in the h de for ueglett of duty, and era., at the
time 'he fire took place, in irons. We are nut pre-
pared to flare to the public the cattle of ad, fire ; the I
general :relief is, that it proceeded from accident,
though it has been fail to have originated trout tire.
gula, ity, which i, not yet after tained. I
The Officers, Shipwright., and others belonging to 4 I
the Dnck yard and the Royal Arfenal, afforded the
molt prompt and able aftillance : the fire, however,
could not be extinguilhed, and the (hip was burnt to ,
the water's edge. .
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No other (hips have received any injury, neither I
were the buildings in the Dock Yard Aced- The
Dover is [cooled, to prevent accidents. 41 ,

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