Star.
London, England, 1805-05-20 00:00:00

PROM THE LoNnoN tAZETIE, MAY C.

•DMIRALTY-OFFICE, MAY IS, 'Roc.
Copy of a Letter from Captain Mitchell, of his Majtity's Sloop
Infpe!tor, to William Madden, Ef.i. dated Yarmouth Roads,
May 14,1 Soy.
Sir—l have to inform you, that his Majefly's (loop
Moso,ytro has fent in this morning the French pri
vateer Orates, dogger rigged, mounting one long
twenty fourpounder and fix fwivels, and manned
with thirty four men. I am, Sir, &c.
(Signed) E. I. MITCHELL.

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY.
The hired armed cutter Admiral Mitchell, for the recapture of
the PcHeverance, February 12, ON, will be paid at No 23,
Surrey-Siva, Strand, on Saturday, the sit day of June, and every
Tuefday and Saturday for three years.
The thins and yards after-mentioned, under the command of
Admiral Lord Hood, that were aiding and aflifting at taking pof-
fellion of certain French (hips and veffcls of war at oulon, on the
28th and 29th of Augult, 1793, will be paid on Thurfday the 23d,
and Saturday, the 25th inft. at No. 13, Taviftock-street, Bedford-
fquare, and recalled every Thurfday and Saturday for one year,
and afterwards, every Saturday for two years.—Flames of Ships,
Fee. claiming: Vidory,Br.tannia, Prineefs Royal, Windfor Cattle,
St. George, Iltips of the line, bearing (jags; Alcide, Ardent, Bed-
ford, Captain, Colollbs, Con rage u x, Egmont, Leviathan, Fortitude,
Robuft, Terrible, Mips of the line; Meleager, Nentefis, Romu-
Ins, Tartar, frigates; Conflagration and Vulcan fire-(hips.
The Hoop Falcon will be paid for the (loop John and Thomas,
recaptured November 3, 1804, at Portfmouth ; and for three
years at No. az, Arundel•ftreet.
L'Aigle, for the French gun boats la Charante and b Joie, cle-
ftroyed July t 1. it 804, will be paid at No. 23, Suri cy •ftreet,Strand,
and every Tuefday and Saturday for three years.
. The Hoop Gaiete, for the capture of tha French privateer la
Petite Fortune, alias la Fortuna, Auguft 21, tBOO, will be paid at
We. 23, Arundel ftreet fur three years to come.

Extra& of a letter from an Officer on board the
VILLE is PARIS, dated lA'ednefday evening lall :
,‘ Onr fquadron comprifes eighteen fail of the line,
nine of which are three deckers. The enemy have
twenty-four fail of the line ; but you may rell afl'ured
that their numbers will not avail them, and that we
(hall beat them if they do us the favour of a meet
ing."—The following is a lilt of our (hips of the line :
Hibernia - Ito Foudroyont - So
San Jofef - 112 Impctueux So
Viiie de Paris - Ito ',Warrior - 74
Britannia - IGO Plantagenet - 74
Bardeur 98 Goliali - 74
Temtraire - 98 Princefs of Orange 74
Prince 9,4 Ral,dii• q • 74
Princc George 98 al6iticourt - 74
Wiudfor Caftle 94

Ireland appears to be in a flare of alarm at prefent,
from the apprehenfions entert.:incd of the combined
i''rencli and Spanith fgnadrons being (Wined for the
ilivation of that country. Our Correfpondent at
Dublin writes as follows :

" DOBLIN,MAY /S.
" An exprefs arrive,! in town this day from Cork, with the im-
portant fordligence that a frigate has arrived there with difpatehrs
from '.ord Nclfon to the Port Admiral,ll.atiog that his Lordfhip
was ap.,,0-tching the Irifhecraft in confcquencc of his having after-
tained that the french and Spanilh fquadrons were dettined to at-
tack this country. Upon this intelligence being received at Cork,
two -egiments which had embarked there for foreign fervice were
initantly rc-I :tided "

Upon the above article we have only to remark,
that the difpatches alluded to, are, in all probability,
thole which reached town on Friday from Admiral
DRURY, and which inflead of !rating that Lord NEL
SON was off Treland, exprefsly mentioned that he was
making the bell of his way throngh the Gut of Gi.
bralter. We have at lcall afcertgiiied that no further
advices from Lord NELSON, or relative to the French
and Spanifh fquadrons, had reached the Admiralty
at a late hour laft night.

On the above fubjel, the Dalin Ewning PO of the
t 6th intl. has the following article :
• An exprefs arrived at the Cattle, on Tuefday
evening, at five o'clock, from Cork, which brought a
letter from Lord NV.SON, directed to the Admiralty.
London, dated igth April, off Sardinia, when he was
fully aware of the failing of the Toulon fleet, and
Rated that he had lifpatched feveral frigates to touch
at Lifbon, Cape 3t. Vince:.t, &c. and that he would
!leer towards Fe rol, Brel}, and Scilly, as he appre-
hended the Toulon fleet would go north about, and
that their deftination might be for this country.
• A report was generally prevalent yeflerday, that
Lord NELSON was off Scilly with eleven fail of the
line and eight frigates : fuch a circumltance is by no
means improbable, but no fuch exprefs has arrived
to Government."

The Mercator, Lord Eldon, Chat les, Vietling., and
Sally, armed (hips, arrived at Eltineur on the sth
iatt. with their feveral convoys from England ; and
a; form as they cleared they proceeded on their voy-
ages. The Mercator and Lord Eldon failed again
on the 7th irritant.
By a letter received at Greenock from Lifbon, of
r April, we learn, that the Stork of Poole,for New-
foundland, which failed from that port on the Bth
init. was captured on the loth, by a Spanifh privateer
of 18 guns, and brought in there.
Government has given orders to have the Spann
frigates Purveyed, and their value &bloated, in order
to their being pnrchafed into his MAjefty's fcrvice.
On Wednefday lall was launched from the yard of
Mr. Tiros. Goretnemx, jun. lhip builder, at \\Tell
Q.nay, Southampton, a very fine gun brig, called
the Encounter, to carry fixteen carronades, allowed
by thofe who are judges to he one of the bell of that
defcription ever built. There was a large affemblage
of beauty and fafhion to fee her go off.
The fubfcriptions at Glafgow, Paitley, &c. f.r the
families of the unfortunate colliers who were killed
at Hurler, as formerly mentioned, amount to up
wards of 7201. a Turn which does honour to the libe-1
rality and humanity of the county.
A letter from Algiers, dated the 27th of March,
Rates, that on the r Bth, an attempt was made on the
life of the Dey, by fome refractory Turks, who had
obtained admiflion to hi; palace. They wounded
him with their fabres in the head, in ten different
places.—The Dey, ith a hope of escaping death,
threw himfelf from the window of his apartment into
his garden, a very confider able d •pth, but not being
injured by the fall, he alarmed his people, and the
alfaflins being fecured, were inhantly est:crated. The
Dey was entirely out cf danger at the date of the
Iztter.

On Saturday, at Marlborougll-11reet, a woman,
named Leorod, was fully committed fur trial, fur
ticaling an infant in Monmouth-greet.
Saturday, at mine o'clock, an infant about fir
months old, wit.; found at the door of a Gentleman
in Norfolk theet. Two women were feen to drop it
and run of, but though immediately purfued, they
dialed their eh.ntpe.