Star.
London, England, 1804-09-11 00:00:00

BLOCrADINI7 itadDRONS.

The following is a (lament of the !ors on our fide
in the tamers between our cruizers and the French
Rue boats, as mentioned in the Svaa of Friday laft s
Ilimmeetallta.-1 tined. s waisted.
aisenden (A. 8.)-1 marine alllcer sod salter wounded.
Otatir—s wooded. sad fort top araß diet away.
)ukalts 1,1=44
A crefiderable number of Hoops, brigs, and armed
veffels, kc. failed on Saturday from the Downs, to re-
inforce one blockading fquadron t and on Sunday
morning, it eight o'clock, Lord Ke,sres, accompanied
by Lord Mt mrest.t, failed in the Morelos. fora run
douse the French costa.

Dom, Sate. to.....Yefieday the French coaft was
extremely clear : from [even to eight o'clock, A. M.
here was a trifling firing heard off Calais, and from
the helgbt► I could fee about eight of our (hips hand-
ing to and from the thole. From the Block-houfe to
the extremity of the wehern heights, I had a full
flew of Boulogne and Dungetefs. At the former
place were to be teen about :6 fail of our (hips (large
and (mall). Come at anchor, others tacking, and paG
.fing along the French coah ; but all feemed co be
perfealy quiet ; no guns were fired in that quarter,
during the day. At the litter place there were lying
at anchor only four of his Majefty's (hips (with Come
emdlers), two of them of the line. There is not a
King's IbiP in thole roads.

?MINCH ACCOUNT OF THZ LATE AFFAIR OFF
BOULOGNE.
t Phew the Afrakeer. &swatter T.]
RIPON? OP TSB INOACIFISINTS OP Till 13212 AND 9TH
(AVOLIST 26 AND 27), SETWISMI •
PART OP ill FLOTILLA STATIONS° 11110t11 sou-
Leone, AND Till SW:WM sety•otan.

" Oa the Rh of Feld doe (Asset 16), at noon, the line of the
bipedal Rana was ompried of la boats of the lift Mrs, es of
the Mend, Gs bombarding boats. and 36 pinnace. The enemy
IMO at lather ot the Came of one lame and a half, on. a lie
Meld with oars; their Gee emallikel of two Sipe of the Um,
two Mutes of 44. Ines dupe of war with these mats, two lug-
gem and a Mum The wind blew kern the N. N.E. alittie
Gelb 3 the weather was very be, and the Gm but little agitated,
trim at two o'clock. P. M. one of die may's loops of wer, with
three mats. mniamated to ebbee eat i.e. They remained at
Is bog seam dart demote, and Led feveral broadfides threshed
sot aise booth The Minkel made a lignal to the era alike
of gin hems, twinaended by Capella Le Ray. as weigh an.
eta, and te abeam Item the line, in order to drive bath the
dohp of war. TM, ceder was executed with Odatity, and foray
was the Milken abler weigh. barking down upm the looped war,
Wore be MI baek on her (quadrats. There* m that nsomeet °p-
pad m, and the tide walla begnolleg to be Bk. The divifie
Mated eiders to tack, and keep to wind Ward, which they cf-
RCM Mlle fech Gamackas la bib lea Utile data more than • Magee
oat Item the debt et war Non la the mean time the mum had
armed a detachment, orsierefed et ease Mpte of 44, ane deep
of in,titios brigs or 11. end a emus of t 6 guns, to attack oar di-
AS* ad Were tbeir rdINGle-
" At three (Meek, the French divan, on a Ggnal being made
to Cat awl. Mead et remaining on the &ermine. went to meet
'the merry t the adios commenced at half gun fhot, and the Brio*
filloll hewn Waal At this moment his Majefty the P.mpenor
etabeehed In a boat with the Admiral, to Malt more child, the
movenumes olds iletlia. His Majelly was accompanied by the
hilinitters at Wier sad of Marine. The enemy at in Rood off,
tindery fun retuned their limn and, tacking towards the land,
came again to attack the right of the flotilla, at two-thirds cannon '
Sat This diftance was fen beinthed by se order given by the
Emperor to some to chic quarters with the enemy. The Misd-
eal nude an the boats cuene at once into a tide from line. Raring
towards den enemy. Thie movement brought t'he two lines with-
in hie than hall eannewant, and a very hot are commenced be-
tween them. The many felialned it fur two Donn with great
drmnef.; but it wee al) at once obtereed that the enemy's loop of
war, in eanforsemee of limb which be made, was Joined by a
brig, %Me towed he not of Mann. The frigate befell tacked,
abendem6i the field or battle, and was followed. by her &Alban,
Mindy dibbled. Our gun boats and fermi armed pinnaces pur-
red her, emosonadieg her In the retreat The cutter, which
fonewdpart date Eftglifh line, had not time to join her fquadren ;
fin win fo reality 'handled by oar Ore, that the funk about three
quarters or a league from the anchorage of her contorts, in the
fight of an lumen& crowd, who bad come to the tacit In order
to witnefe the combat. At this moment the tide being already
very Greg, Aid carrying the flotilla to leeward, the Admiral
wade the isnot to 11111141111Ve, in order to retake their Rations in
the line. It was then WM pelt fix o'clock, and loon afterward,
our verde anchored in good order, in the pods which they bald
occupy in the roads
" At four o'clock P. M. the fourth divilon, command ed by Cap-
tain Penne, had Biro alas to make Call and to work to wind-
ward, to order to Join the GM dlvillon. In executing that move-
ment, they had an opportunity of cannonading the head:nett
etas of the enemy ; they manoeuvred very well ; their tire
was extremely hot, and contributed greatly to the retreat of
the enemy. divilon received orders to return to anther
at the fame time with the Grit, and, like it, retook its paddy%
A Lefties of the PrufGan mortar pioneers, commanded by Llama
neat Melon Niche, bet. down eon the enemy with oar do
divine of gun bOO% and, by the audacity and intelligence of its
manatees, conitaritly canacended the enemy at a very lima dif•
tance, daring the whole time of the adios. Another balm of
the fame pinnaces, commanded by Lieutenant Lafalle, which
could not get out of port till three o'clock, (creedal by its
efforts and good Malliatiares, In aiming up with the enemy daring
the salon, and having alfo come to elute atlon, fought him to
a !vantage. *vend boater this khn, commanded by young Of-
ficers of the Marine, wont within atm tenons of the Gogh& fri-
gate, al well as neither Aim and the placed themfdres in a leo-
Grion to board, If the (Mimes of the wind had fallen. In general
the Admiral has only proles to below on the cooduß of all the
divans, all of which had a bare in the engagements alba day
Ile beaks blab!, of the attention which has been paid to his Sa-
rah, Bred of the prelim with which by orders have ban exe-
cuted. It was Maniple for hi n to remark, from hi. M.ijelly's
haat, in which he was embarked, thereat:is which bad theta:at/ft
right to tellimonies of hi. fetistailien; bet he was able to did m•
audit the boil and well topperted manoteres of the fection of
• eOnint ended by Unmeant Malin Beebe, which fought
from the coer.ineneterat to the termistarina of both anions. That
commandant has rendered a very fesweraide ocean. to the Ad-
miral of the two kaifigen Marro and Vaasa, each oatemediag
one of the pinnaces of his Mahon, and of Bernard. osinmod-
I Sit the Yreka. Mortar Pizere Ito. OS, which sawreadied near.

at the enemy, where Inaintailed Sleet( With a 41111111‘ gal
courage defaming the blikeft pare-
" Hi. Makfty the Ensperer, as well an the Admitaidenmettok
partictilarly at the conflation el the engagement, whoa the enemy
were in retreat, the Poe condua of Maks Muria, as board the
gun boat No. ;of the Enfigns Bearden and Delaset, bait
commanding pinnaces, all of wham recoodalled the ILO fii-
gate to the anchoring ground of her Nudes% easeminding het
at a very bit &fame. During the comae of the altagemeets
which took place on that day. the batteries es the mall kept op
an equally hot and well dire: led fire 00 the enemy, as often as
they came within reach. Before going sawn, the Emperor tatted
a Feet of oar Moe ; he pat various queltkas tdadve to the evens
of the combat to thole who had taken part in it ; and, finally. af-
ter having gone on board the gun boat No. 108,a which the deck
had ban fplit by a tab. ball, his M 4. Ry &reminded In the port
of Boulogae, add Vended to his head quarters at the Tone d'Or-
dre, where he pared the night.
" That day,wkich cat the enemy one of their verde sodas crew'
the crew is raved! ! I] without conndng the ether men wham they
mull have loft, as well on bawd the frigate as of the other vegeta,
shook all of which were difabled,leaves us only to regret me man
killed on board the gomboat, No. toll; otben were wounded,
one of them very badly. • As to our vt&ls, they Coffered in their
fails and hulls, but none of them fultained wadable injury,
' henna their little height above water prefenting bet a very (mall
%rime to the enemy, the balls pared over them, or fell near with-
out ftrikiug them.
" On the following day, the gtb, the nenty's (quadrat bad
bees reinforced io the night by a frigate and feveral Soaps of war,
The wind blew Moderately from the S.W. The Admiral availed
Wadi of the raft of the tide to make the third divillon of boats of
the Mit elafs, commanded by Captain Guinguand, as well as •
reltion of pinnaces carrying Patron mortars, commanded by Lieu-
tenant Lafalle, to get under weigh. Tilde verde worked very
promptly to Windward, and formed in the order of battle to the
s W. of de l'ileurt. The enemy intmediatily detached two frigates
of 44 guns, and fon (mall brigs of war, whkkapproacital our di-
vitas; theft went to meet the enemy, and the combat commenc-
e/. The enemy, incerantly mansuvring to keep thensfents at
long C 211•00 Got, and having refinned the tack which would con-
do& them to their (quadrat, our divillon received orders to come
to dote Idiom to execution of this order, all the verde compe-
ting it bore dean at ones upon the &With, and the salon fee.
became more warm; but the enemy, always cludlog a dedllve
engageturat, allowed them(dres to be drawn towards their fqua-
drat by CMOs% (MAIM thus left aura the Odd of battle. Half an
hour afterwards, the Admiral, fearing that, with the wind which
blew, the flood wadi not permit our verde to evaluate den !A-
dam In the lion, nude them the Opal to tack, in Order to get
higher up. This Illintrtl•fi having got them ftdileicutly to wind-
Surd, oath took his poll et the aseboring ground, according to
the ceders of the Admiral. There ins but on man wousded,
and nate killed in this lade engagement. Some of our baste-
tend • light dome is their Man but we may preflunte that
the enemy, who, towards the conetellon of the cast& only fought
retreating, has Catered much more feverely.
(Signed) LAYOND,
" Chief of the Galen! Star of the imperial Flotilla."

Yetlerday morning difpatches were received at the
Admiralty from Commodore Hoon. in the Well-
Indies, which contain accounts of feveral captured
having beeo•made by the fquadror. under his orders.

Yefferday morning Sir Howa PoPHAM kft town
for Deal.

Difyiatches from Rear-Admiral Onuses r, were
yenerday received, brought by the IMPEry aux, of 84
guns, which arristel on Saturday at Plymouth, from
the M.iadron off Ferrol and Corunna.
_ _

A field printing refs, of curious confiroAion, has
been fent to the camp at Ki'lardy Hill, in Ireland,
for the purple of printing orders.
The Commanding Officers of all Volunteer Carps
in Monmouththire, have received n'iders to hold them.
felves in inflant reakiinefv for marching, together with
the rout which they are to take, upon the enemy's ef-
feding a landing. The route marked out for them
is to Burford, near London, which they are to reach
in two days, by means of the appointed conveyances.
The ibbje,-.1 of Government, in cafe of invation,
feems to be to march the Volunteers in columns to-
wards the metropolis, and South Eaflern coati

On Monday laa a Court of Inquiry was held at
the Drumhead, on the vents at Yarmouth,, upon
Swan, a private in Capt. Peerrori's Compa-
ny of Volunteer Infantry, who had left the ranks
while under arms, and (educed fix others to do the
fame, and likevvife for ufing contemptuous language
t,, his Officer. He was ordered to make ample con-
ceflion, but reforms to dd Cu, he was expelled the re-
giment, marched home by a file of men with his
jacket turned, and Rtipped .if his z:c utrements.—
he following day he kl.i.,red for atimaGoa into the
Rifle Corps, but was rectiesf.
A large French privateer, ft:noted to he la For-
tune, lately appeared off Prince of Wales's Wand,
and made d.friilion 3 for a defeent. The Lientenant-
Gnvernor atre.r.Sled the few troops he had, regether
with the conviels, on the to make a (hew of
oppofiznn to their landing, and the expedient foe-
ceeded ; for the French Commander; after reconnoi-
tering in his boats, and deceived by the feeming
Ifrength of the fettlement, immediately weighed an.
ehor, and flood to fea.
Yeflerday afternoon, a fire was dircovered in the
hnufe of Mr. Cnt.str, Undettaker, in Tichborne-
Ilreet, near Golden-I'quart. The flames were fiat
(ten at a little after five o'clock, and continued to
inereafe in flreugih until near fix before a fuffieient
ripply of water was procured. The greatell alarm I
prev.til:domong the inhis hit anti of Queen-ftreet, which
lies at the hack of Tielahorne firm, and alto in that ,
rate of Sherrard-flreet. which is near to the place
where the fire brake our. Parties of the St. James's,
Prince of Wales's, and other Volunteers affembled
with the utmolt alacrity for the protatinn of property,
and, by different relievings of the guard in all the
avenues I:ading to the place where the fire was, the
armed force continues! there all night. The fire,
however, was coppletely got odder at eight o'clock.
The following are among the 'mufti which (offered
by the flames :7

-Mr. Collett's, No. et, rotsOy ddiroyed, vntli an lb back pry-
ing...

Mr. Hwthinf nezt donr. the roof burnt and MI ;
bir workow , confumcd.

Mr. B-n7rntiLl.l, •S, Cherntfra. F.!ahnratary entirely Swot.
Ir. Sl•r,-..ttl r.rre. tits ..eattrtoin .$l. Mr mirk, • V
esetlas
011nd•rnaker, and Mr. James. a P.umbar, ay.-calf." deftruy..d.
The panted apprehenii .os were entertained for
the fifctr if the While Hart Livery Stable.. in
ricles..tne-liteet. as well as t r the I:rmitts in Q2ecn-
itreet. ht.r tOitisnattly she fl me. thri not emend
io far. The accident was occationed by a pitch-pot
bodes& over is Mr. Caller's workaop.

-M4UrIC4L DMILLMINICIL

MAILS THIS S.A. W.
Asa. ass. AM. MA
=ea s
•

POETIMOUTD, SEPT. to.—Arrived Istel tb!
LADY 141ILVILLS armed fhip, from Plynsiat/s;
romans frigate, from a cruise of &mei sad thit ,
Robert, PEERY, from London, bound to the South •
Seas.—Arrived, and came into harbour, the *dam
nab, Lunt', from Frederickfladt, and the Norse,
from Ch:ifliana, with deals; and the French
floop la Jeune Emilie, laden with flour, from Havre,
for Chcrbourgh ; captured by his bfajefty's mip
MELPOMENI.—SaiIcd the POULITTI and. Maas
floors of war, on a cruise etf Havre; the Creels
Prince, BRODISII, for Lilbon; the Rambler,..."...s
the Adventure, —; and the Sprightly,
the South Seas.—This day along-Ihove.ligaml 112111
made for a large fleetheing in the chalasi.
SHE ras eaa, SEPT. 10.-11+111 his 1160411117's Gip
Vas yrs us, from the Downs, and has cams isle har-
bour. The Live LT frigate, Captain Hantiona, has
come down the Rivers as has alto the Gasrucurne,
from Chatham, which (sip was paid to-day. The
CLYDE frigate has failed for Deptford, to be paid of
The Monger gun brig is undocked, and the Cuassw
floop ducked.

DIAL, SEPT. to.—. Balled the PORSIOI MOW de-
fence fhip, for Shields; and the Paaverrawra lova
thip, for Woolwich. Arrived the Loan ?limos*
armed defence flip, from the northward, and remains
in the Downs with the eel of the flips as per UL
F. S. Jull arrived the limsaacts man of war, Admi-
ral Lord Ks Fru ; and the CASTOII frigate, Captain
React, from a cruise off the French coal. Wind
S. S. W.