Star.
London, England, 1807-10-07 00:00:00

DEAL. OCTOISFR 6.

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Arrived the Monza; gun brig, from a eruize,
Came down from the River the Phcenix, DOUGLAS,
• for Jamaica, and remains in the Downs with the flips
as per laft. Wind N. W.
SHFERNESS. OCTOBER 6.
Sailed from the Nore this morning the 13111Reill
.:on brig, with the trade under convoy, for the Baltic.
Wind N. W.

CHATHAM, OCTOBER 4.
The TRIDENT was put out of dock on Thnrfday,
-he Leon IDAS was taken in the next day; the As,str•
iK at Mr. BaantiLvs' yard, and the Waasma in
this Dock yard, will be nearly ready at the fame
time : it is intended to launch them both in Novem-
ber. Mr. Cassy is appointed by the Lords of the
Admiralty miller rigger at this dock yard. This is
a new appointment, recommended by the Commit*
fioners fur reviling the civil affairs of the navy, of
courfe there will be a fimilar officer in all the dock
yards in England. The CENTURION, about to fail
for Halifax, is ordered to be detained till the fpring
of the next year'; new (Aces are ordered to be built
in this duck yard, and effimates are to be made nut
for the purpufe, to the amount of 40001. for the next
year.

14U12L. OCTOBER S.

The Lady Duff, MriltßlSnN, which failed from
hence .rn Monday IA for Sunderland, arrived here
on Friday morning, having loft both her anchors
and cables in Bridlington Bay, in a gale on Wednef-
day.—Lali week a 'PIM fr,m Wifbech {the Union)
on her voyage to GAiniborough, with 3_ci quarters
of beans, ran oil fh ire on the Lincolnfhire coati, off
Theddlehore, and was dafhed to pieces. The crew
were Paved, but 230 quarters of the beans were 1011.
The Frederick taerlta, Captain CORN! LIUS MAHE,
from Stockhrim to Porrfmouth. arrived here yeller-
jay, having been run foul of at lea, by the FALCON •
ilopp of war, which carried away her foremalt and
main-top malt.
FROM LLOYD'S LISt.

Gitsvrispin, Ocroara 6—Palled by the /RUA, 'nee. from
Tertungro ; Penfylvania, Thomas, from New York; Lady ju-
limn, Porton ; Adventure, Mather; and the Humphries, Young,
from Honduras. Sailed the liberty, Fitsgarald, for New Provi
skeet, .I.Africalne, Wood, for St. Domingo; Lord Duncan,
Lace. cr Limerick ; linen Hall. Martha! ; Pilgrim, Hay, and
the Mires, Mat-flail. for Peterfborgh ; Sally, Jackfoa, and the
Maria and Eliaalvetb, Lampe, for Stockholm; Northumbrian,
kindmarch, for Riga; Eleanore, Henderson; Aurora, Young,
Joky Batchelor, Dunn, and the Shannon, Harris, for Gettenburg.
EAST INDIES,

On the tath of February. the Calcutta and Columba, (Poke his
Majefty's fhip Bombay, off Point de Oalle, Vidor, off Aleppo,
tad Pitt, off Tellieherry. ,
The Prime, belosiglrg to Bombay. had been purehafed by the
Scpercargoes, for the purpofe of commencing a regular furvey of
the Chinefe Seas.
His Majefty's (hip Bellone, Ca'pt. Ballard, arrived at Hothbay,
the 4th of February laft.

His Majelty's (hipe Wyche and Pitt, were all well off Calcutta,
the 19th of February.
His Majefly's Ihip Phaeton, Captain Wood, arrived at Bombay
the 13th of March. laft from Madras.
His Majefty's fhip Culloden, Captain C. Admiral Sir E.
Mew, arrived at Bombay the 7th of March; and the St. fiurento
*are the 4th of March from Sca.
His Majefty's (hip Wilbeimina, arrived in the Ganges the lattir
tai of January laft
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The -thin AClniirai Rainier; brig Jane; and grab, Nancy, have
Derr recently csrured by the enemy's privateers.
Arrived at Point de Calle, January taith, his Majoity's tVp
listuLay.

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The Noah, JAMES Bowst AN, of Dundee, arrived at
Aberdeen un the zd intl. with a cargo of flax and
lump from Riga, after a paffage of 32 days. The
ah palled the Sound on the 17th ult. when, filch
bad been the extraordinary ezettions of our gallant
tars, all the Danifh (hips of war of every defcription
vim in Copenhagen Roads, fully rigged, and only
waiting featnen to bring them away ; all the naval
Rotes were alfo on Ivard. and a 74 gun Chip which
had been building was broke down, and the materials
Chipped in the tranfports. A very large fleet of I)anilh
merchantmen was likewife in the Roads; which it was
fid will all be brought to England. Captain Bow-
Msa failed from Riga w:th the Albion, of Newcaflle,
for Aberdeen, and left only lour or five Brit ifh veflels
in that port, one of which, the Lion, ALEx. DUN.
eta, of and for Aberdeen, would be loaded and riaJy
for lea in four or five days after.
Extrasl of a letter, dated on board his Majefly's
Atip TRUSTY, Ya►mouth RoaJs, Oelober 2, t So 7—
P. M.—

You may not oiled to hear a little of our proceedings Mice
London.—We had been on board feveral of his Maj•ity's
flips before we got on board the Taus rv, which was on Wednef•
daY laR —We have very near Soo Loy,' River Fcncibles; we
bare likewife tto Greenwich Water Fencibles, with Margate,
Harwich, Yarmouth learners, &c to the amount of about t too
ten. Did you but fee us, I am Pure yoa would feel as I do in the
psf•; every e •untenanee indiane. good humour. and fuch a body
of 6nr foirws was (care, ly ever leen.— I he (hip i. as full as the
Shit can Row.—We with very much to be under weigh, as the
Seel breeze now blows for us that can he from the heavens —To-
utivrow morning, at day.light, we expea to get under weigh...-
We curt' out difpatehes for Admiral GA mat E
A letter from Greenesck, dated Odober 3, fays:..-
• You will hear with pleafure the capture of the Spanifh priva-
teer Jefus Maria Jofeph, w►ich has done to much mre'lief in the
tdvoli Channel. This pleating intelligence was brought here yef-
Mk, by the American brig Rover, GRANT. arrived from New
Yfek, which had been boarded by her on Sunday evening I. it,
what tke Virginic frigate came up under a heavy prefs of fail, and
took Peffeffion of the privateer, and alto fent hands to take pont-
lasafthe Rover, fuppoling her to have been taken by the pi iva-
,'-nt. Several of the thips taken by this privateer have been recap-
Intl; and as there are three frigates out in fearch of the others, it
&ibped they will be retaken."

A letter from the ComirATtoners of his MajsaY',
Cabins, dated London, 3d OE Ober, 180 y, to the
Cnileant. of Hull, tranfmitting the declaration of
&Linder Stark, matter of the brig James, of Lnn-
dco, [(lade before the Officers of the Cullom: at Leith,
the 25th ult. port:outs, that he left Liebau the 28th
1 Auguit, at which time a report prevailed, that a
peat mortality exilted at Memel, Palau, and Konigf-
best necationed by a diarrhoea or flux; that it car.
tied of thole who were infefted with it, in the courfe
of thtee days ; and that at Pihlau the people were
dying at the rate of s) a day. The caufe to which
ttis infeftion was attributed, was the heat of the
"r"ther•—the number of wounded Ruffians in the
P 'eel and the graves of the dead not baying been
nuit deep enough.

CIALAXtANA, tsto. Xt.

Take him, =dem him out in little STARS ....SUALIIIIIITAINA

Thosaor' nin a dialogue between a difciple of Co•
rum,: and a Chinefe Prince, has 'raid a nriking
homage to the do trine of a future flare; thus :
/Be PhiloMer—lf you make an improper ufe of
your rearm, you will be miferable in this life ; and
who can afrure you that you will not be more wretch.
ed fill in another ?

Me Prince—Pray, who has told you that there will
be another life ?

The Fhilofepher—Were the cafe doubtful, you ought
to condo& your felf as if there were one.
The Prince—Well, but fuppefe I am certain that
there will be none ?

The Philofopher-•••THAT YOU SILVER CAN.
The TURKS are fond of a let of opprobriPus epi-
thets, which they liberally apply t flrangers. The
Perfians are infulted by the name rif red head:. The
Georgians are called flea eater:. The Tartar,, eater:
of carrion. Tht Aran, rat eater: and fools. The
Greeks have the tpithet ufflaves. The Ruffians of
had hearted. The Germans 1/of/Amour. The Italians.
deceiver:. The French, cheats. The Sparulb. indolent.
The Dutch. cheefi merchant, ; and the Englitb, cloth
inanufmeurers.

CAMILLA, fitter of Sex rus V. was originally in a
meni4l fituation. When the became a Princels, PAS-
gym appeared with a dirty (hint : tieing aficed the
reafon, he laid, "My walherwoman Is made a Prin-
cef,."

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The Bistros. of CHESTER paid a vifit to a man of
rank, who, indead of the compliments tape/led by
the Prelate, Paid, " My Lord, I have the greateil
veneration for the cheefr made in your diocife."

Pous:tst received only (even pnunds for his cele-
brated pieture of the Plague, which has been fold for
five hundred guineas.

MARSHAL TURENHR bartng gained nne of his moll
difkinguithed battles, wrote the following account of
it ; The enemies have attacked us ;we have de-
feated them. Gob 'ae praifed ! Guud night !"

SCA P UL.S.—The ligin of his Greek Lexicon is not
generally known. It may be adduced as a proof that
good fometimnes proceeds from evil. Ile was employ.
ed by HENRY STErHirts in correCting the pref.; while
the celebrated Tbefaursu Li, us Greee was printing.
SCAPULA, who was a man of !calming, judged that
an abridgment of that grett wot k would have an
extenlive fade. He privately extradted from every
(beet what was the molt nfeful part and within the
capacity of common liudents. By this dilhonelt mea.
Cure, he produced a work which in a great meafore
defeated the end, and ruined the hopes of STEPHEN,.
whole great Diaionary in + vi lume's folio was within
the reach of few fcholars. Reduced to poverty by
this difappointment, poor STEPHENS often Paid that
his 7rtafisre had ruined him.