Star.
London, England, 1802-06-11 00:00:00

.13AssETERR.K, (SC. KIT:1"S) APRIL d 3.

Capt. Sascroa, of the Suflinnah, arr;v:d•hcrer
has taken up' the crew of a Portugnefe !Lip that
had been unfottunately burnt. She proved to be
the 'hip Noftra Segrtara Conceicad Falolo7o, Joas
DAF S. Fit UilltlDO •Mafter; failed from Lifbort
the aoth ult. baund for Marano, a port in the Bra-
zils :—between three and futtr P. Me.of the nth,
b:ing in lat. 25. 36. N. long. 25. 3. Well, they felt
a fudden (hock, accompanied with a violent eeplra
lion; and on enquiry the Captain was.irJormed
the fhip was on fire, a quantity of fmnke itthing
at the fame time from every part of the hold ; the
(melt of which making them cotijeattte the acc4
dent was caufcd by the but fting of tome acrid; w.
tis. in a cafe of medicines they had taken on board.
Every meth= that could be adopted to lave the
Ihip (and a s•alnaLle cargo of wines, prhvifi,:alsi and
dry goods) was tiled, but without effeet, as to
revent their being fuffucated by the encreafin
fatote, they were obliged to defect her about haif
pafl five. She blew up within a ,quatter
that night, which all the penule (being in the
laarch together) palled in a manner more earl:y.
to be conceived than defcribed, not ha .;rg • been
able to take in a drop of water (the calks opt deck
having been all flatted into the hold on the ap.
pearance of the-lmoke) with but a very (mai: pm.
portion of bread, and only the clothes they had on
at the time the fatal accident compelled them to
quit.the fhip, the locate not permitting th.em to
lave any at-title of value on board. in this awful
fituation were they placed until the morning
following, when, thanks to Divitin PROVIDFNCE,
t:l2 Suninn7.h made her appearance, and about
nine o'clock Captain St etrott was made the in-
ftrument of humanely refcuing from an rntimely
death fixty.two perfons (including twelve palling
gers), whole joy and gratitude at their deliver•
arce can only be e9nalled by the extremity of their
diftrefs. A rubfcription has been laudably let .cal
foot for the relief of the unfortunate (offerers.

. •
Lane Seipp:ed.—We have the fatisfaeon to
announce the fife arrival in the Downs of the Hon.
Eaf India Company's (hips the, Lord Duncan,
Captain Gsosce SevrwEt.t ; and the Boddam,
Captain JOHN JONES: Licotenant Colonel Rome,
the late Lieutenant• Governor of the Itland of St.
Helena, is a pailinger on ho ird tilt- Lord Duncara
The above fhips failed from St. Helena on the tglh
of Aptil. The Hindoftan and Hope fiiled ft m'
St. Helena the 18th ditto. The Henry Addingt• ri
and Ocean failed, from ditto the Igth. The Cart a.
tic, Windham Nottingham, and Admiral Gird.
ner, were to fail from St. Helena on the 20:1) or
1i ft ditto. RICHARD HALL, Efq Prefident of the
S tpra Cargoes at Gaston, is a palfenger on board
the Hindoftan. The above !hips form the firft
China fleet of this feafon. The extra-ship Elizabeth
was all well, off the Bocca, on the 2calt January.
The dire& (hips had not arrived at China on tl•4
23d of January.
We have the pleafure to (late that the Hon. Eat
India Company's fhip the Arnillan, Capt. CAMP.
SELL MARJORIBANRS, arrived at the Rand of Sr.
Helena, from England with fibres, on the gth day
of March, after the delivery of which the proceeds
•to China.

The Harmony, Peels, from Cork, bound to Newfoundlan,d
was fpoke with the 24th of May, in lat. 5z N. long. 13 W.
The London, bound to Martinique, was (poke with on
the 24th of April, in lat. 38 N. lorg. 15 34 W.
The Mary, V.'ardell, arrived at Milford, (poke on the 22d of
Arrilin lat. 33 z, long. 53 49, the Mexico, —, from Matt:.
pique for Cork ; on the 6th of May, the Beaver, Saunders, from
Limerick for Canada; and on the 25tb, the induttry, Stanley,
front Havre for Virginia.
The Undaunted, Mafah, arrived in the Downs from Jamaica,
of the 24th of April raw the Charming Eliza, from New
Prov,dence, with a fignal of diftrcfs, having eight feet ware in
her hold, took, out the people, and lift her; on the 3d of AprU,
the (puke the Nancy, —, from Surinam for London, out ♦*
day*. aid fupplied her with bread.
The Merlin, Rof,, from Dcmarara for London, has put Int•
Maitinique in diftrefs:

Captain Brind, of the Mari Ann, fpnke the Duke of Rene,
from Dentarara to Liverpool, the tit of May, clear of the Leo.
ward Iflands.

Mr. BRANDON'S Benefit, at Covent-Garden The-
atre, was on Monday evening Taft molt numeroufly
attended by the World of Fafidon, with whom, as
well as the Public, his unremitting attention to their
accommodAtion has defervedly rendered him an
esteemed favourite. His receipts amounted to skl.
GUILDFORD Racts.--Wednefday his. Majefty's
Plate of lc° guinea% wac to be run for, but Mr. •
DIJR A Na's horle Teddy the Grinder, walked over •
the c -urfe. •

The .111etaZie PraQ.ce bas at length become fis
firmly eltahlithcd, that Government has conceived
the proprL!y of rendering it productive to the
revenue. An amendment was in conference
made to the new Medicine At, after its fccond
reaJr:g,, to imro..luce the Tractors, and twenty'
ihillm.ts was dire4ted to be railed on the Pale of
each fet.—This is to take place on the t.l of Sep.
t,mber, when their pike will be railed to fix gui-
neas the let.

A law which paired the Batavian Leg:tlative
Body on the t it ina. enaas, giat all the inhaSitants
of the countries ceded by the Batavian Republic to
Fr ince and Great Britain by the treaty of Amiens,
th ill be confidered as Batavian Citizens and enjoy
their privileges, provided they (hall eflabl fh them.
felvet before the IR January, 1803, upon the ter.
ritory of the Republic. The inhabitant% of the Lao
of Ceylon are excepted in this regulation.