Star.
London, England, 1805-08-13 00:00:00

BOULOANF FLOTILLA.

There was a cottlid,- thle bottle at Boulogne all
ydlerday and the preced:ng night. A heavy firing
commenced on Monday evening, at eight o'clock,
and continued, with intervals, the greater part of
yeilerday. At Dover, and along the coati, it was
believed the enemy were coming out with an inten-
tion to attempt the invafion with which we have been
fo long threatened ; but no certain accounts have
yet been received of the real caufe of the great filing;
fn that we are ignorant whether it arofe from force of
Thole movements of detachments from port to port,
which have fo frequently brought 'on flcitmifhes be-
fore, or from any aettral attempt of the enemy to
reach our fhores. Our Readers will obfertie that, as
we have had occalion to notice above, Bow/trance is
now at Boulogne. We than not, in the want of per-
tea intelligence, indulge, like force of our contempo-
raries, in idle conje-tures, but content ourfelves with
laying before our Readers the accounts that hare
reached us :

DEAL, Atm. t t.--This morning the wind (hitting,
the LUCIFER, DLVASTATION, and VOLCANO bombs,
with the Immoaramrs, Cuam r tom, and DILIGENCE,
and various other (hips of war, got under weigh for
their Ration: off Boulogne and Calais. When they
were about half Channel over, fignal guns were fired
from the Lucius for a reinforcement, as a confider.
able divifion of the enemy's flotilla was in motion.—
About twelve o'clock a heavy firing was heard, and
part of the ftafhes diftinaly feen. It the general
opinion here that an attempt will certainly be made
by the enemy within thefe few days. The wind at
prefect is favourable for their pUrpofe ; but every one
is on the alert along the coal, and no exertion has
been omitted on the part of Government to enable us
to give a good account of them, fhould they perfift
is their defign. The military have received the
orders to hold themfelves in readinefs to
march at a moment's notice, vWI extra rounds of
ammunition, bread, &c. &c.

One o'clock P. M.—ln confequenee of the wind
having become fair frr the enemy to leave their flumes,
the whole of nur Boulogne and Calais fquadrons got
tinder weigh from the Downs this morning, and failed
immediately for the French Coati. Off the South
Foreland they got a little becalmed, and the fight then
became truly beautiful, as every inch of canvas was
fpread, and the fleet being teen from the beach in
oblique dire lion, feemed to cover the fea as far as
the eye could reach. In the entitle of the forenoon
fume heavy firing was heard in the diretlion of Calais,
;tat prefent it has eeafed.
• _

IA Li PAST rove. P M.—The wind has now &e(h-
er ed to the Eenward ; our fleet is quite out of
fight with the naked eye, and no further firing has
)et been heard. We have only a few two-decked (hips
in the Downs ; the moil of our force has filled with
the Boulogne fclitAdron.

Aug. 12..-.-Sailed the Taurry man of war for
Boulogne. A heavy firing was all LA night dif-
tinelly heard from the 17; ench coati, and at intervals
continued the whole of this day. Wind S. E.
Dovkt, Auctrav t I.—A very heavy firing has
been heard here at different times to-day. A convoy
of about .too fail of merchantmen palled down Chan-
cel this morning; at the fame time a fignal was
nbrervel at the Signal Houle, Little Corn Hill, of an
h!gger being loitering about with an intent
captare fume of the flraggling weals but being

obferved by our (tips, the Frenchman thought pm.
per to make off.—The enemy are coming nut of Bou-
logne harbour very fall; about 200 fail of them have
come ow already. Sixty rounds of ball cartridge have
been delivered to every foldier in the garrifnn here,
and the Volunteers have had orderi to hold them-
felves in readinefs to march at a moment's warning.
The wind, which has changed to the Enfl ward, is
quite favourable to the enemy, and our (hips are gone
over to Boulogne Road. News have been receiied by
an American, gone pall from the Texel,. that the
Dutch have been flipping troops, &c. for feveral days
pail : apparently they are bound for a long voyage.
AUGUST i 2.—Yeflerday evening, about eight
o'clock, a fiery heavy firing commenced off Bou-
logne, which continued nearly the night through—
in limn, it was almoll one continued noife till about
two this morning. From the expectation of Bo s:a-
PARTS'S attempting an invafion, many began to think
he was in the ad of carrying it into execution ; and
the number of people that afcended the heights on
this occafion was confiderable, and moll of them
with fpy-glaffes, which appeared at the clofe of even-
ing like fo many mufquets pointing to the oppofite
(bore. The particulars of this engagement we are at
prefent unable to learn; but it it confidently reported
herc, thit nine of the enemy's veffels were carried
into the Downs this morning. The firing has again
commenced this afternoon, and is both to be ken
and heard at the inftant I am writing this, from
which I entertain high exprelations of fending you
good news in my next.—Yelterdat the Robert, of
and from Baltimore, came in here. This vet Tel is to
convey back to America the Lady of JEROM 6 BONA.
parrs, whofe return to Dover is daily ezpeCted.

The following are Colonel At.cocit's orders to his
Regiment of Southwark Volunteers—

'•That no Officer, Non commillioncd Offieer, or Private, ab-
fent htmfelr from town for more than forty-eight hours without
my leave in writing, or that of my Field Officers, to be reported
to the Adjutant at bond quarters.
" That aU Abfentecs be wrote to, join the Regiment without
delay. _ _ _

" The honour of the Regiment require.) every Officer and Pri-
vate to hold Maga(' in readineli, with arms and accoutrement. in
tha heR order, to affemble at Head Quarters at the beat of drum.
Your F:cld Mars and myrelt Are at our poll."

On Friday Major BIRD, Brigade Major to Briga-
icr General SLADI, received orders from Weymouth
to give direftions that the Wilts Yeomanry Cavalry
may hold themfelves in readinefs for fervice on the
morteß notice:

Yefterday mtiroing the Royal Glamorgan Militia
had a grand field day near Pevenfy Barracks, in ho•
nnur of his Royal Highnels the PRINCE of WSW'S
birth day, when the Regiment, though the greater
part of the men had been employed for tome months
on the Krwo's works, in eteeling Martello towers on
the Coati, went through the various evolutions in a
mallerly and moll corred manner ; and thefe An-
cient Britons feemed to vie with each other in !hewing
an unfeigned attachment to their 'Hilarious Prince.
The remaining four troops of the zoth regiment of
dragoons are arrived at Spithead from Southampton,
bound to Malta. Colonel Sir R. WILSO)1 commands
them. The 98th regiment embarked on Friday for
Halifax; and on Saturday the tooth regiment for
Qtlebec. The MERCURY frigate, Honourable Captain
Boom's, is appointed convoy to thofe places.
The Martello Towers are at length begun to be
adopted by Government, in the neighbourhood of
Folkeflone. Four of them arc in great fotwardnefs,
witkin a quarter of a mile of the town,jult at the bot-
tom ct the hill, where they command the beach, and
crnfs each other at right angles, fo as to produce great
havoc on an invading enemy.
The EGVPTIENNP, 43 guns, Captain FLEMING, in
the late battle with Vt 1.1.1 u•s, had nearly captured
the galleon for Cadiz, under the care of the French
and Spann fleets ; (he had on board 15 millions of
pieces of eight, received for the King of SPAIN, and
the EGYPTIENNE peppered her fo handfomely that
the was fall dropping to leeward, and would have
been captured had it not been for two line of battle
(lips bearirg down, and by a very heavy fire on the
IE.o rim t NNW, forced her to leave her rich prize, which
they took in tow, and fecured ; our frigate had her
mizen top mall cariied away by the fire of the enemy.
From the converfation of the Spanifh Officers it is
now very clear that VILLENEUVE'S orders were not
to fight any Br itifh Beet, even if very inferior, if he
could help it, on account of this enormonfly rich Ar
gafine. With a very emphatic %rug they add, it
was generally believed in their fleet to have been two
years fubfidy due from the Spanifh King to his augufl
ally BONA AAAAA . This galleon has been three years
abroad, is an old So gun (hip, and carries so guns,
light metal, and 300 men.

The late regulation of the Admiralty refpetling
Navy Surgeons, putting them nearly upon the efla
blifhment of the Army Surgeons, and allowing them
half par, has made that chafe of officers refpeOable,
and will infure men of abilities in the fervice. Had
Lord IVlttvitts remained in office, fumething limi-
t:sr would alfo have been done for the Puffers. There
is no chat of Officers in the Navy who flifTer half fo
much under the prefent regulation (even Lord Sr.
VINCENT, with all his aconr.my, has long acknow-
ledged them an nppreffed people) ; there are numbers
at this moment who have been hi, (even, and eight
years Puffers, and who have not received a Chilling
from Government. Various plans have been pro.
pnfed, and in contemplation, for their relief, bin no-
thing deciiively has yet been determined upon. Their
' uniform alfo requires a little attention, a Purfer, un-
der the ',relent regulation, in point of appearance,
may be oonfidered an amphibious animal, or non.
defcript his uniform (if it may be fo termed) confifts
of a coat, exaaly the fame as the boatfwain, gunner,
carpenter, cook, and mailers at arms. Nothing can
be more ludicrous, particularly in a foreign port, than
his appearance on (bore, tranfaEling the (hip's duty,
in his uniform coat, rainbow waillcoat and breeches,
red top boots, and round hat—either allow that slats'
on all occafinns to appear in plain clothes, or if a uni-
form, let it be refpeetable, cocked hat and tide-arms,
and givo them the appearance of officers, at lealt,
fumething above the fkip's cook and mailer at arms. I

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

MAILS THIS DAY.--V/Ind N. W.

Alt. DOR. Alt. DUR.
Dublin i I I Hamburgh o 1
Waterford 0 2 Gottenburth o

FALMOUTH, Auourr to.--;-Sailed this day his Ma-
fhip Sattagyettz, of 6¢ guns, with the out
ward bound Eaft India fleet under convoy, and pro-
ceeded to the weaward, with a fine breeze at north :
Oro failed the Auckland packet, Captain Scut/Tula,
with the snails of 3oth alt. and 6th inft forLifbon.—
The Hamilton packet for Jamaica, and the Prince
Eineft do. for America, fail to•morrow with mails
Arrived this day the Danillt fhip Adriana, Captain
Fatittsi, in (even weeks from St. Croix, bound to
Copenhagen. The Trimmer fchooner, and Mary Ann
cutttr, cartels, failed yellerday with Spanifh prifo-
ners for Corunna. Wind N.

PORTSMOUTH, Auc. IS.—The day before the
Ravi- Lta sloop left Newfoundland (the :nth of July),
the Isis, Vice Admiral Sir Eaasm us Gowaa, Cato-
Fara* and MILKMAID frigates, failed froth thence for
Halifax, with the Newfoundland Feneibles on board.
The Halifax Feneibles had arrived at Newfoundland.
The Thom sir, of so guns, Captain Dowmmam, has
orders to fail with three Eall Indiamen and ten fail of
tranfports, laden with flares. Several of them have
troops on board. Their deflination is not known :
the Thomsit will convoy the Eaft Indiamen as far
as gt. Helena; and expects to fail nu Thtirfday.
TAKMourH, Aim. t2.—Saturday P. M. arrived
end failed the Passim,' frigate for the Nore. Yef-
terdak afternoon arrived the AMETHYST frigate from
the Texel ; ibe left Admiral RussaLt. and his fleet
all well on SatUrday laft in the afternoon. The flees
had been Joined no Saturday by the RUBY and Pus.
cssi of diGhoba.Sailed the CENsoz and Raso-
Lirri on-brigi. Arrived the Marihal gun-brig, and
remains with the Roebuck, of 44 guns, and the Ame-
thytt frigate. Wind S. E.

FROM LLOYD'S f.IST.

ORAIIIIIIND, Attn. Is.-..Paifed by the Alliance, Willow, front
Guernfey; RoHa, Shringall, Rom Gottenbirgh; Charlotte, Sea-
being, from Pillau ; and the Good Hope, Barker, front Lear.—
Sailed the Maria, Gilby, for Peteriburg; Iris, Nicholfoo, for
Meissen; Jame, Stock, foe Roanhigfbarg; and the Anne, Da-
vidfoo, far Stettin.

ARRIVED.—Off Portfmouth, Hunter, Bulky, Prineefs Royal•
--; and Sucre', from Newfoundland—At Poole, F 4.
con, Snooke; Stag, Peadon ; Britannia, Wanfhaw ; and Suecefs,
Robinfon, from Newfoundland—At Liverpool, Chatham, —,
from Peteelburgh ; Efea, Bowden, from Dantric ; Fanny, Ivi•l.an,
from Philadelphia; Aurora, Landburg; and Ocean, Phillips,
from New Orleans.

The Frederick Wilhelm, of and for Embden from Savannah, is
detained and fent into Dover.

The Difpateh. Ronne, from Holland for Madeira and China, is
put into Dover with lunar, having been on more.
A veffel arrived at Falmouth latt week that fhonld
have gone to the Q2arantine Pool ; bur inaead of
which the ran np into the harbour in the line of
Flufhing Paffage, and desired the ferry boat then paf-
fing to come along fide to carry tome perfm on Shore.
The fetry boat was no boner almtg tide, than the of-
ficer who is charged with the Qttarantine Department
appeared, and fecured the matter of the ferry boat,
his meat. two women paffengers, their children, and
three or four trAdefmen of Falmouth, and they are
now performing quarantine altogether.

STAR.OFFICK, FOUR O'CLOCK.

Difpatches were this morning received from Ad
miral CoaawaLt.ts, dated the 9th in(. Rating lie
had received a letter from Captain Downas, of the
NAID frigate, dated on the preceding day.
The frigate, on the Bth, in lat. 48. long. 6. fell in
With four fail of French Line of Battle Ships, one of
them a three-decker, and the other three 74, and
four Frigates. They gave chafe to the NAID frigate,
which received a broacifide from one of the enemy's
frigates.

The Prince of WreAss's Birth-day was yefierday
celebrated by the tradefmen and others belonging to
the Royal Family, with uncommon fplendour. The
bells of the various churches were let a ringing; and
the illuminations in the evening were numerous and
brilliant.

The Duke of YORK has inclofed feveral thoufand
acres of Weybridge Common, and brought a farmer
from Norfolk to fuperintend its culture. Large tracks
have been planted ; tome under grain, and others are
now preparing for turnips. The refult, we mull, will
recompeufe the liberal enterprife of his Royal High-
nefs.

The Earl of HARDWICKS 13 at precut making a
tour of the Weßern part of Ireland. His Excel-
lency is every where received with enthutiafm.

Friday Mr. JOHN BRINSDEN was elated Mayor of
the borough of Marlborough, for the enfuing year.
BRIAO.—This day no Court of Aldermen. The
LORD MAYOR after ihrpeeting the Returns, ordered
it to remain at the prefent price.
A Match at Cricket was played in Lord Esstx's
Park, near Carhilton, Hats, on the 9th and loth
in(lant, between nine Gentlemen of the Rickmanf-1
woith Club, with two from Uxbridge, apinit eleven
of the Homerton Club, for 200 guineas a fide. The
Rickmanfwurth won in one innings. Six to four on
Homerton on Rarting.
Admiral Vsanaut, who commands the Dutch
Fleet, was, after the Revolution in 1795, attached
to the Prince of Nasal ; and, previous to the ex-
pedition at the Helder, in 1799, was employed by
that Prince to go over to Holland, and to engage
two well•known Thatch Captains, next to Admiral
STORY in command, to deliver the Fleet to the Eng-
afterwards happened to Admiral MITCHAL,
in the name of the Prince of ORANGE. Admiral
V[RHAUL was at that time only Captain Lieutenant

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