Star.
London, England, 1809-02-13 00:00:00

NAVAL 11VDELLIGENCE.

FALMOUTH, FEB. 10.
Arrived his Majesty's ship HUMBER, with a convoy
from the Downs, and the Nockton packet, with mails
from Malta and Cadiz, in nine days from the latter
place. The Prince Ernest packet arrived there en
the :;Ist ult.

ANOTHER LETTER, SAME DATE.
Arrived this day the Nocton packet, Capt. BLIGHT,
with mails from the Mediterranean ; left Messina on
the '27th November, arrived at Malta on the 7th De-
cember ; found lying there his Majesty's ship, Tat-
DaNe, Admiral BALL, and SPARTIATE : on the Ist
December his Majesty's ship ACTIVE, with part of
the fleet for England under convoy, put back to
Malta : on the 12th December the Lady Arabella
packet, with mails from England, arrived at Malta,
and on the 18th sailed fur Messina : on the 17th De-
cember the Nocton sailed for Gergente ; arrived
there on the 27th, and sailed again on the same day,
i and on that day spoke his Majesty's ship Paosaariae,
" TRURO, FEBRUARY li. ; all well : arrived at Cagliari the 30th December,
ii The Nocton packet, Captain BLIGHT, arrived ! and sailed again the Ist January, for Gibraltar. On
'(terC,..!.• . , - at Falmouth, from Malta, Gibraltar, and 1 the 26th Janury his Majesty's ships BULWARK and
1:; seven days from the latter. Vigorous exer- ; MINORCA arrived there : on the 28th January the
q
Nocton sailed for Cadiz, arrived the 29th ;—found
r., Are making to put the city of Cadiz in the best , lying there his Majesty's ships ATLAS, Admiral Pole-
„ale state of defence, and works for that purpose Nes, VOLUNTEER, and Hope : on the 31st his Majes •
0, „Trying on under the direction of Colonel Hae-; ty's ship ANIBLSCADE arrived there with a Messenger
. L ef the Engineers, who went thither from 1 and dispatches : sailed from Cadiz on the Ist Fe-
-I('N'- '
.!eir ter that purpose. About ami • .le and a half bruary : on the sth instant, in lat. 43. 4. long. 10.
c sr ,
114.. spoke his Majesty's ship NAUTILUS, and took on
Iv -se Oa: city, near the narrowest part of the penin-
;board Captains AY Les of the Diving transwort, and
which it stands, they are constructing a fort, : COLLIER, of the Herald, both vessels having been lost
e'; i:1 will completely command the only approach ! on the 19th ult. off Cape Finisterre ; the Niate of the
!_, ~:c place by land ; and this fort will be addi- . latter arrived on the 6th inst. The packet spoke his
:-.11:y strcni,thened by a ditch, uniting the sea with- Majesty's ship PALLAS on a cruize.
The grand army under General Reding, which
, harbourwithin, by cutting the Isle of Leon
. I.e
;,. ', '• I tion in Tarragona, consisting of 24,000 men, includ-
s The while may be defended by a very small ing a Swiss regiment, which had arrived at Minorca;
lee. Upwards of sixty vessels had arrived at 3,500 men had also joined from Valencia. All corn-
munication between the French army and those that
C:id-: frcm Seville, with iermen'se quantities of
am- '
are up in the ports of Tryucia and Nosas had been
eenitien and stores for the defence of the place. i cut off by the Spaniards. Cadiz is fortifying in every
" The only ferces in the neighbourhood are new : part. The at my under the command of the Marquis
le, e, ; mcstly volunteers. Of these, about 3000 are .of Lazen has taken up a very strong position between
..
cavalry, who annear well mounted and who have ! fegueras and Rosas. :
Arrived this day the brig Lord Collingwood, CA-
ion provided with saddles, &c. from England.
i MELL, from Portsmouth for Madeira; the schooner ~
?lyre is still, however, a great complaint of the want : Jemima, Capt. GIBBON, from Portsmouth for Lisbon;
ef :urns. Of mcney there seems to be no lack. A I and the
att George and Ann, LEVERING,' fur the Medi- 1
.•er; considerable supply was received frfromSta. terran
bout ean, with the loss of foremast and topmast
ler vessel sailed from hence out seven weeks ago,
Cruz, seen after the arrival of that which was sent ,
under convoy of his Majesty's ship ALERT, and parted 11
Trent England in the Lana: frigate. A Spanish
from her in a gale, with four other vessels. Arrived
man of es a r was also expected from Scuth America, the Ship, Haericaer, from London for ; the'
with an immense sum. ;• Eagle, from London for Tobago ; and kis Majesty's
ii As to the expected defence of Cadiz, it should be ! ship FRCURUS, from Portsmoth. The packets with
mailsM for the Mediterranean, Jaumaica, America, Lis-
c'aerved that it is of itself destitute of water, except
bon, and Brazils, are detained by contrary wind.
ell:a is caught in tanks en the tops of the houses ; 1
TORBAY, FEB. 10.
'a:id the deficiency is usually supplied from Port St. ;
I Arrived the Channel fleet under command of Ad-
Key, on the main land, North-east of the Bay ; and ; miral C.l%lLii::, from their station off Brest.—Wind
tl -e. though there are no heights that overlook the S.W. blows hard.
ea, It the French obtain possession of the Northern i PLYMOUTH, FEB. 11.
i
1 ;he bay, which all the strong works ef Cadiz ! Came in the Duke of Clarence transport from Qui-
eas.,. ;a vt et, they will not only cut off the supply heron Bay : she was one of the vessels that was driven
si \ .ite in in Port St. Mats, but greatly annoy all: ashore on her voyage from Lisbon, with troops ter
Quiberon. Capt. SULLIVAN died at the latter place
:::-: ieg entering the harbour, if not totally obstruct ;
after his arrival. The Grace ( D Q.) transport, Capt.
fe pa.e.ne. ;SMITH, from Lisbon : sailed from thence the 14th of
e T'.c French and Spanish fleets lie high up the January, with French and Swiss troops, and landed
..::-,...ar, at the Carraccas, dismantled. ! them at Quiberon the 25th following. Comer e, of
1
‘• As to 111 e progress of the French in the interior,l 18 guns, iron' the Westward. The Erse MR, of 18
guns, Chips. Quash. will sail this evening, with dis-
t'e eis Ile of Cadiz are more ignorant than the people t
1 patches tor the Mediterranean. The ELIZABETH, of
..i !-.ll,slanil : but it was rumoured that one army had i
74 guns, which sailed oa Sunday last with the trans-
I. ~.'1.'..,1 the herders of Valencia, and that another was; ports for Portsmouth, returned to Cawsand Bay this
1.: trio soli:hem parts of Estrareadera ; and the imsl afternoon. Arrived the Wk:AZLE schooner from Pal-
i:era,- number of families from the interior which mouth, and the Baltic Merchant, Capt. PROCTOR,
/ from Rio Janeiro fur London.
vie e Lily taking shelter in Cadiz, seemed to indicate
I Advice has been received nom Cawsand, stating
1!. It tfa. enemy was not far off. 1 the loss of a Boat belonging to the BARFLECR, of 98
" T lie Junta of Seville, when they resumed their ; guns, lying in Cawsand Bay, by which melancholy
•_e. eaei, declared publicly that they did not know ; accident it is said that an officer, and 11 of her crew,
-seat had become cif the .lunta of Madrid ! And it I cut of 17, were unfortunately drowned. It appears
she was going from Hamoaze to Cawsand Bay, and
e,only asserted at Cadiz, that among the Central 1
that on passing the Bridge, between Mount Edge-
nea, the French had such gond friends, that Ec'N'A" : combe and St. Nicholas' Island, she struck en a rock,
.-.. ie.: eats timely informed of all their plans and pro-1 upset, and filled, and only five of the crew were
SAVed.

SCVeral ships had arrived at Cadiz with very va-
bie t argues from South America, previous to the
.plaure of the LOInE•

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ilcace then, the defeat of CASTANOS, the aban-
-If.nrnent of the gallant Rot.sANA, the want of infer-
-na..ion and co-operat;c,n which deprived the cause of
i 1 n of the afmy of Eir jonx Moore—hence,
in
the subjagati:.n of Spain, for nothlog short of
Brie eau save it I;cm."

PORTSMOUTH, FEBRUARY 12.
Arrived the Hebe French corvette, prize to his
Majesty's ship la LOIRE ; also the following trans-
ports from Quiberon Bay, which they left on the Bth
instant, viz. the Rodney, VALLEns, Renown, Ttn-
nAtt, anc! the Good Intent, READ : the Grace,
SMITH, Duke of Clarence, SCLLIVAN, GOOd Intent,
Litn, and Liberty, STORY, sailed at the same time,
b r arc riot yet arrived.—Wind S.W.

\Tr. AnAtli, our Minister at Constantinople, has had I
s first audience of Grand Seignior, and was
f,:vourably received. This we learn by lctters
;r.,71-: Gibraltar, dated the ti.7th nit
Sal.-Irday Mr. POLE, son to the Secretary of the
Ac!rnin.ity, who accompanied Mr. VILLIERS to ror-
-.lgal, arrived in town with dispatches from that
k Iricnrin, dated the 3d instant, hut their contents
'xi:2 not tt cn suffered to transpire. Mr. Pn:.l-7
ar-
Po7tsrnouth in la Lome. frigate, which also
Lt COIOIICI rosy:-It, Mr. WARD, and some other
to ngland.

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SHEERNESS, FEB. 12.
Sailed the .11110, BATE.S, for London ; Aristides
schconer, for ditto ; and the Argo, HENDERSON, for
the same place. Arrived the Liberty, ELLINOR, from
Sunderland.—The Dundee Smack, Capt. CRAGIE,
which struck on the Nore Sand, fortunately had part
of her crew and cargo saved by the exertions of the
Fortitude Smack, TANNER master, who is now load-
ed with part of her cargo, and gone to London xvi"
it, and every effort will be made to save as much of
the remainder as possible. We lament to say that
three females of Lnrd KEITH'S household were lost,
I and a young Lady, Miss NIE/cm's, daughter of Lieu-
I tenant MrNztrs, who we understand was on board in
her way to see some friends at London ; her father,
1 it is said, commands a signal tower at Falmouth, or
! near it. Some plate and wearing apparel of Lord
KEITH'S family have been_ saved anda deposited safe
on shore.—Wind S.W.

./..s:;,:-,:itArt3x.—Yestcrday the Rev. Dr. KING was
• •rat.:•cl Ei-hop of Ronite.:ll-•rt, in the room of Pr.
N;;'1:-.1:, deceased. The ceremony was performed
Palace by the Archbishop of CANTER-
. O•ie pre:,c:nce of the Bishops of CARLISLE)
. an.l r. DAVID'S. A most eloquent and
LT:non was delivered on the occasion by
• ev. Mr. Bt" 'ELAND. and after the ceremony the
• dine!. with his Grace of CANTERBURY.
I`e Cfa'RCY, who lately returned from
(•-•:•;71na in ..11e TONNANT, of 74. guns, is about t
to t'le Brazils. It is understood
.thlt the
is to snpersPde Sir SY :)N FY SMITH in the
711:71arld of the squadron on that station.
Spanish frigate of 41. guns which carried the•,
• In Ambassador, Count :;TROGONOFF, to Trieste,
:1;lowed to make any stay in that port, but
to sea, al:1-.ols.:711 the Captain had re-
the vessel to be in want of somdrepairs.

DEAL, FEBRUARY 11.

Came down from the R. ver last evening the United
Kingdom, for the East Indies ; and the Hind,
DARLEY, for Hayti. Several other vessels were
working through the Gulls, but the wind blowing
strong from the S. W. they again bore up for Mar-
gate `ltoacts.—Arrived the Aoonzsson sloop, from a
cruize in the North Sea ; DArrza gun-brig, from the
Yore. Sailed the GALLANT gun-brig on a cruize off
the coast of France.
FEBRUARY I2.—Arrived the FLY sloop from a
cruize off Boulogne, having had an action with six
French loggers whi.ch came ova qa purEosa to attack

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