Star.
London, England, 1801-12-28 00:00:00

NAUTICAL INTRALICENCE.

MAILS THIS DAY.—WIND S. W.
♦aatv&D. DUIG
o French,
• Hamburgb,
1 Dublin,
• U'aturford,
3 Dennaghadee, •
• Gucrnicy and Jerfey,

FALMOUTH, Dsc. 28.—The wind Rill continu-
ing unfavourable, none of the Packets have been
able to fail. The PRINCESS ECIZABETH Packet is
wily expeeed from Jamaica ; and the LORD
CHARLES SPENCER frem the Leeward Iflands.

PNRTSMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Maria,
M'AitrHuß, from Cows, with troops for the
Weft Indies.

HARWICI4, DE C. 25.—This morning was brought
in here by a Lowe Iloff pilot boat, being very leaky,
the Samaritan, Jose PH ROBSON, matter, of Sunder•
land, bound from Riga to Plymouth with timber.
Yeßerday morning failed the EARL or 1.. ICESTER
packet, THOMPSON, with the Hamburgh Mail and
palfengers.—Wind S. S. W. We underitand it is
fettled by the Poll Mailers General that five packets
cut of the nine, Rationed at this place, Ihould fail
to Cuxhaven with the mails for Hamburgh for
Bremen, and four are to fail to Helvoetfluys. The
days of failing will be as ufual, twice a week.
DECEMBER 26.—The KING GEORG C Packet
with the Mail of the 25th, for Hamburg!), failed
yefterday.—Two Mails are arrived from Cuxhaven.

YARMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Yeflerday evening his
Majefty's packet•boat DIANA, Capt. STEWART,
landed her Mails and Meirenger at Winterton, and
this morning the packet Arrived here, and landed
her paffengas. The Hors, from Embden, bound
to London, landed her paffengers here alio : the
Harwich packets are expeded to come to this (la-
tion again, as it is impoffible while the wind re-
mains fo long to the Weftward, which is nine
months of the year out of twelve, that they Ihould
be able to make Harwich. Arrived a fleet of
merchantmen from Embden. When the DIANA
packet left the Elbe it was full of ice.
DEAL, Dcc. 27.—Remain in the Downs the
(hips as per lalL—Wind W. S. W.

GRAVESEND, DEc. 27.—Parled by the Nelly,
BE ED. from Peteriburgh ; Kent, EELEas, from
Hambio' ; Beniditta, —, from Venice ; Refo-
lution, —, from Altona ; Port Mary, COLLINS,
from Charlcßown ; Commerce, WALKER, from
Dublin ; John, CoorEit, from Memel ; and Cen.
turion, —, from Batavia.—Sailed the Phccnix,
REED, for the Cape of Good Hope; Ettingdon,
THOMPSON, for Jamaica; Adventure, YouNG, for
St. Vincent's; Minerva, SAGA, for St. Michael's;
Lady Nelfon, ADDIS, for Curacoa ; Alfred, M,-
LEOD, for Tobago ; Jonge Jan, —, and Twe
Gebroders, —, for Auierdam.

DISTRIBITTIQN OF PRIZE MONEY.
The SALLY, for the capture of the Jonge Janny-
tie, will be paid on Thurfday, the 7th of January
next, at No. 23, Surrey-flreeet, Strand.
• Th2IMPETUEUa, for the capture of the french
private thy of war la Gucppe, will be paid at Ply-
mouth, on the tft of January next.
The SALLY, for the recapture of the Ills brig,
will be paid on Titurfitay next, at No. 23, Turrcy-
ilreet, Strand.

Several (hips that had been ordered into port, to
be paid off, have been counter-ordered
On Saturday evening an Officer belonging to
the ST AP., Bombay cruizer, reached the India
Houle to announce the arrival of that veffel in the
Downs, from Amboyna ; the faded from Saint
Helena on the ad of November, at which period
there was not mny veffel there, but the CowyrEss
OF SUTH FRI AND was daily expedted from the Cape
of Good Hope.
The Lord Spencer, which fitiled from Portf-
mouth louse days fence for Cadiz, but has returned
to Cowes damaged by the late gales: two (the
Fame, Dawsos ; and the Mary, ---), are in
the Downs, and will fail for Cadiz, as loon as the
wind permits; there are two (hips at Portfmouth
fimilarly circumilanced, and nine loading in the
river.

General MOOR!, it is raid, is about to De al:-
pointed Governor of St. Vincent. _

Sir JAMES DVVF has been prefented with a
fword, value too guineas, and General UNIACKE
with another, value so guineas, by the city of
Limerick.

Mr. STEELE fuccceds Mr. POTTER, and not Mr.
ABBOT, as a Welch Judge.
Lord NORBUR Y, Chief Juice of the Common
Pleas of Ireland, has purchafcd tl:e eflate of Mo-
ret, containing about t too acres, in the Queen's
County, one of three valuable properties in that
and King's County, announced for &le by the
Marquis of LANSDOWNE.
The Gentlemen of the Faculty have pronounced
Mr. GARIOW to be in a Rate of recovery. The
complaint which has confined him for three weeks
was a violent attack of the gout.
The Mayor of Exeter, on Thurfday, dißributed
amor.7ft the poor of that city 700 loaves, being
the produce of fundry tines levied for trifling if
fenc.:s, w ithin the jiitildiElion of that Corporation.
On ‘Veillnallay I.:onOtt, a melancholy acct.-
I dent happened. The Pev. Wm. Ftiouck, of
Walforel, rear Newbury, was awakened about
two o'clock by his chamber being filled with
fmoke, whi n, inglantly rifintr, he found the bottle
in flame-. He took his u tie in his arm!. (whom
horror had rendered motionleis) and descended
the (lairs, which were already on fire. hut-.
(cry maid, who fleot in the next room, king
alarmed, followed him with his youngcfl boy,
about live muillts (Id; but the flames were lo
t.I hl as VII prc.ra his living his cock(, a tire
I ir!.t: sot v. o, an old la')
ii;twards of Trrill:r of Mr, Fi NNW-, pc
itited, while the 1, .li,runate patents were [p.
!ors of their thi.i Halt-intone, without beiag
r„, Ter r n:iy or LOT me
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