Star.
London, England, 1801-01-13 00:00:00

PROM THE CARE TOWN GAZrrTE.

[Wc gave in our Pape of Wednefdsy, an Amount of a very
gallant Aellon fought by Captain Gordon' commanding the
Itore-lhlp Wadley, hound to the Cape of Good Hope, with
Naval and other Stores, on account of Govan/gent. We
have fusee- received a Cape Town Gazette, of the a7th of
Septeinber, which contains an Ettrad from Capt. Gordon's
Journal of the Attica, which we are convinced cannot but
prove interelting and Latisfseory, more particularly u
that Adtlon adds to the number of thole, during the pre-
fent War, which have railed the Charadter of BritiSh Sea-
men to loch a proud pitch of fuperiority both of couraga
and OHL]

a On the 9th of Auguff, in lat. 22. S. long.
35 W. near the parallel of Rio Janeiro, was chafed
by a large thip, on her nearer approach, found the
was a heavy frigate, and I made no doubt French,
having t 3 very long guns on each fide on her gun-
deck, a white female _figure head, and a !landing
bowfprit, making an angle of 75. As the Wel- ,
lefley fails very heavily, knew it was in vain to at- '
tempt an efcape by running, and as foon as the
fhip was clear for adion, fhortened fail, down
fludding fails and flay fails, in booms, &c. At
half pall (even A. M. be hoifted French National
Colours and Pendant, at the fame time he fired a
gun to leeward, of which we took no notice until
perfedly clear below. At eight A. M. hauled the,
main-fail up, hoifted our colours, and fired a gun
with fhot to windward, acquainting them that we
were Britifh, and had (hot to maintain the honour
of the flag then hated. As yet a (hot had not
been exchanged between us, the enemy keeping
right in our wake, as if intending to board us, his
forecaflle and tops full of men, his-round houfe
alto covered with people as markfmen, who by
their manner of ramming, Teemed to have rifles.
A few minutes after we had hoifted our colours,
the enemy fired a round and g. ^e !hot from a
bow-gun, one of the grape fell c ¢ the quarter-
deck, the round (hot going clear of the (hip a-
head. _

" At half-paft eight, finding the enemy near
enough for a warm reception (all our guns being
(hotted with round and grape), ordered the helm
a-port, and fent down on the gun;deck an order,
that as loon as their objet came in full view, to
take good aim for the water line, and return the
fire in round and grape as fail as they could load
and fire ; which was loon done, and I believe with
good effeet, as the top-men bundled down, and
thofe on the round-houfe retired for ffieltir. The
enemy not wifhing a repetition in the fame direc-
tion (having received it a raking fire), put his
helm-a-port, taking a fair birth abreaft of us at
pillokhot dillance, hauled up both courfes toge-
ther, and a warm exchange of ice un-
til about nine, when finding the enemy not return-
ing the fire fo bride as at firll, thought he meditat-
ed boarding us, but loon found that he wished to
get clear of us. On obferving that was his intention,
fent down orders on the gun deck to load with two
round in each gun (having no double headed-(hot)
and aim at his mails, but did not fucceed in this ob-
)(A • and having got his flarboard tacks on board
wtth little vifible damage, I knew the ufeleffnefs of a
chace, At half pall nine, called all hands on deck,
andgeve him threecheers doubled, which he did not
return ; and on mullering the crew found, that
not a fingle foul on board was hurt. Our fails and
rigging were confider Ably damaged ; we received
fevers' fhots in the tides, and one between wind
and water, but did not pars through. Having re-
vere' of the enemy's shot on board, found that he
carried French x s pounders, as the round weighs
illbs. Englifh. I was ably fupported by every
officer, feaman, landfman, and paffenger on board.
No backwardnefs; no difmay at the apparent fix.
periority of the enemy. The Lafcars were ani-
mated by the etample of the Europeans, and the
Chinamen were all ching, ching. Some of the
lick, hardly able to fiend, appeared at quarters.
The (picked and able affillance of the patfengers,
defkrves my srarmelt acknowledgements. Cornet
Locesa of the 9th Light Dragoons, Metrs.
Ducats. and }lAlus's affillance, 1 at firti meant
to ufe at (mall arms, but finding our guns on
which our chief dependance lay were weakly man-
ned, they readily went to affitt there.; anti with
Mr. Di:caves altitant, and (even farmers, were,
of the moll etTential fervice. Before the enemy
quitted us, the guns had been fo well ferved, that
they began to jump and break the bre;chings.—
Finding we did not attempt a ufelefs chace, about
noon he wore, laid his head on the fame direition
with us, hauled up all his head-fails, Ibifted his
foretop fail-yard very brifkly, made fail, and near-
ing us very fall, we expeEted to renew the fire, but
as be came up, he edged away.
" At eleven P. M. by a clear moon, faw him
on the (larboard-beam about three or four miles

of; and although we carried deering-fails, and
every fail we could all night to get fouthing, he

his main-top-fail to the malt ; but finding we neer-
ed right for him, lie filkd, and juft kept us in
fight all next day, and till Tuefday the lath, yawn
we loft fight of him.
" On Friday the tsth, a large (liiq bust down
upon us, which, from the appearance of her Ails,
we fuppofed to be the fame, but on fecognizing
us, the took another route. The Wendley mounts
I a nine, and to fix-pounders, and is punned moftly
with Lafcars and Chinamen."

Captain O'Bairw, who dillinguiliseel liiratelf eta
the anion with DE Witircs, soffCarnperdown, by
his gallant command of the MONARCO, has been
appointed to the Sea Fencible proteeliou off the
coaft- of Hants. The naval fuperintendanc,e of
the Effex coaft is vacant by this promotion.
The India Compauy's late •fhip the Pant-
cssr RorAt, which was captured by a French
frigate in India, has been carried to and fold at,
the Danillt fettlement of Tranquihar fur thirty
thoulituil dollars.

Admiral &AN sy's fquadron in the EaR Indies
has taken the Moossts frigate of 28 guns, which
had been fitted out at Bourdeaux to cruize in tho
Indian fem.
Several Teals have Arrived in France from
Egypt. They completed their voyage from Alex-
andria to Toulon in eighteen days, having left
Alexandria the 7th, and arrived nt Toulon the
25th of December.
The Fortune, PINGSFAVER, from Algiers, is
taken by a French privateer, and carried into
Malaga.
The Southo, Stout, from Smyrna to London,
is taken by a French privateer, and carried into
Malaga.
The Induilry, %swim., from Hull to the Bal-
tic, is loft on the Skaw. Crcw Paved.

The Iris, Baaaosatuao, from Stettin to Lon•
don, is loa on the coaft of Holland.

On Sunday fe'nnight arrived in the harbour of
Bella(}, the Sally, from New York, with a‘large
cargo of Indian corn, meal, and flour, Sco.
Thg Clyde, M'CALL, is arrived in the Clyde,
from Martinico. _

A letter from Brighton, relates the following
circumfiance :—The Richard, of Bridgewater,
laden with wheat, principally in bulk, made a vaR
deal of water, which from the nature of the cargo,
it was found impoffible to get under. At length,
after hating beat about for Tome time, the anchor►
ed near the entrance of Shoreham harbour, but
the leakage encreafing during the gale on Sunday
fe'nnight, the on the following day cut both cables,
and run upon the beach, about four miles from
Brighton, the crew being happily caved, together
with part of the wheat, which was laft Friday fold
near the wreck on the average of 20S. per quarter.
Saturday fe'nnight about two o'clock P. M. as
the long boat belonging to an American Ihip,
riding in Leith Roads, was on the patfage for the
harbour, with the Captain, Mate, two Tailors, an
Excite and Cuftom-houfe Officer, a fudden (quail
came on, and the overfet. The Culioni-boufe of.
ficer, who has but one band, was driven a con-
fiderable diftance from the boat, to which, with
her keel uppermoft, the ether five clung. Cap-
tain Sams of tl)e Sas. coualto gun-boat, then in
the Roads, obferving the accident, immediately
manned his boat, and fent her to their alliftance,
and the loon came up with the perfons who had
got on the keeL The Captain, however, called
out to them to go and fare the old man at a dif-
tance in the Ertl place, who providentially laid
hold of an oar that was paffing him. They did fo,
and afterwards returned to the boat, and brought
the whole fir fafe into Leith.

A curious circumftance took place on board thq
Rove'. WILLIAM at Spithead, which at firft wan
by our tailors cenfidered an unfavourable omen
for the Union. On new Year's bay the ROYAL
WILLIAM having hoifted the new Royal Standards
fired Royal Salute, but in hauling down the
Royal Standard, the lanyards by which it was
fufpended gave way, the Standard fell overboard,
funk In the deep, and difappeared. On the gths
however, when the flip was unmooring, the fur-
prize of the crew may be conceived when they
found the loft flag fait entwined round the anchor !
On Saturday morning, about two o'clock, the
inhabitants of Bridgewater Gardens were alarmed
by a dreadful explefion, when feveral perfons (tart.
ed from their beds in the utmoft confufion, parti.
cularly a woman
the
brought to bed of a male
child, flew with the fame in her arms into the
ftreet. After inquiring into the caufe, it appeared
that in a inching bottle for old iron near Brick.
lane, Old-ftreet, a cannon had been thrown into
furnace, in which there was a charge of powder
and ball. When heated it exploded, and the ball
dropt in Golden-lane, a diftanee of half a mile.--
We arc happy to learn it did no other damage
than forcing its way through three or four brittle
tenements.

Yellerday afternoon an over-drove cm entered
the back yard of Beow a's hotel, in•Alie-Greet,
Goodman's-fields, when the family were juft going
to fit down to dinner; fcveral perfons endeavour-
ed to turn him out, but in fpitc of every effort be
forced himfelf into the houfe ; the pillage being
narrow, he could not be turned out. The affriglif;
ed animal, feting an opening before him, which
defeended into the cellar, went on, when he tum-
bled head foremoft to the bottom with a dreadful
noire *by the breaking of the flair-cafe and the
roaring that the poor creature made. The alarm
of the people of the hoofs was beyond defcription
terrific; tome butchers arriving allayed their fears,
by haltering the bead and craning him out of the
cellar.

On Friday a Baker's covered barrow or trucks
with 135 loaves of new bread. was (topped by twp
informers in the Borough, and carried to Union
Hall, under authority of the law which forbids the
Pale of bread within a given period. The Bakers
by his Counfel, contended, that the bread in clue.
tion was neither fold nor expofed for tale, and did