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

NAUTICAL INTELLIGENCE.

The Mary Ann, FORSTER ; and the Harriot, WADE'
r, r m B ithadoes, are arrived at Liverpool : they failed
the 30111 June.
GREENOCK, AUGUST s.—The Eagle, Nstxsom
Arrived here on Saturday lan from Barbadoes, after
a pAlldge cf fix weeks and two days, and failed with
the fleet under convoy of his Majeßy's (hip Haeow
and parted with her 27th tilt. on foundings in lat.
A (loop of war on the Coik Ration fell in with, and
c.nvoyed her with the other vellils bound that waY,
C"rk.
PE.7 WKS, AUGUST 5.-,•-SinCe my lad tailed his
t,jelly's (hip HORNET, for Scilly t and the DOLPHIN
to nue cutter, on a croixe.

I•,_rmourtr, Auousr 6.—Clme in the Ftscain,
of 38 guns, from the Weftern Wands ; the Mou-
cHflov, of 18 guns, from a ctuize off Cadiz. with
..lifitatchel, bill whether of importance or not we
evnnt learn : (he is gone again on a cruize to the
Wellward.—Sailed on a crnize, and with difpatches
fq. different places, the MSLAMPUS, of 38 guns, and
e,e Tow, of 32 guns ; the PLOVFIt, of 18 guns, with
yiotmllers under convoy for the fleet off Ferrol ; the
RANGFR cutter, of I.} guns, and the Eaci.s cutter,
of I 2 guns, on a critire.
!LIU-pail Four, P. M.—An Admiralty fchnoner is
come in front lea, and gone up Hamoaze, with
s quarantine fignal at her mall head, fo that it is
errAcled the mar be front Lord %Lunt. The dif-
ratches were taken out off the harbour, and landed
ti,iN afternoon.

P. S. The Motrcu IRON IS 1411 to have brought an
4ccount of the jundion nt Lord NELS'Itel and Ad-
miral Cowetetwootes fleets off Cadiz.

♦%OTHER LETTFR.

PLYMOUTH, Auc. 6.—Carne in the FISOARD fri-
gate, from Madeira ; and the Moucitzaos (loop of
war, front a cruize. Nailed the Pt.nvia (loop of war
with a fleet of vienallers. for the weßward ; MILANI
7u5 and Its fiigates ; MovemEttow (loop of war ;
Itamoza and Eant.z cutre-,, on a cruize.

POSTS/SOUTH, AUGUST 7.—Arrived the Silva-
atm. and Laaa (loops of war, frnnt off the Coaß of
Africa LISSITY and COHYOUSDER gun.btigs, from
a mire ; and the gallintt Margretta, F. J. %sit
auger, from Morlair, hound to Erabden, dttained
by the Lite uST gun velrel.—.Sailcd his Majelly's (hips
TERRIS'S, 0111(91. Nextsts, and SUSHI,, on a
traize.—Wind S. E.

DEAL, Aucusr 7.—Sailed tidt Britannia and Nor-
thumberland Eatt•lndiamen, and (event other out-
•ardbnund (hips fnr Porttmnuth. Arrived feveral

gnn brigs from the Frcnch coati. Came down the

CrIICHESTeIt man of war, and the IlLuonnoon gun
brig. Sailed the FIJItY bomb, and feveral gun brigs
on a cruire t the brig Mentor, wish a valuable cargo,
4 condemned as a ptite to the Boil) gun brig, Lieut.
WILLIAM CHIVIIM—Wind S. W.
VovEa, Act;. 7.—Ve4terday evening three French
lugger priv.itters had the audacity to come and an-
chor quire in More 'off the Nefs ; ani at the clofe
of evening captured the Two Silicrs of London, in
Waft, which was effeeed witb little or no difficulty,
As the crew of the Sitlers, from thtir b.ing Co near
to the Englith coafl, took them to be large filhing
vtitels. Their condua being obferved by our Sea-
tenc;Sles, about eight of thews gallantly ventured out

in one of our hoveling boats, with only a firt.roun•
t:tr final' arms, to the aflance of the Sifters,
uhiLlt they it:OA Uitlinut much oppolition, having
ntly filed one round before they regained her. The
iv,q( ers, apprehenlive of the danger in remaining
vith their honty, had (leered off before the boat came
up. The captured vell.cl was in the hands of the
tr...nly ....bout two hours, and had on board, when
ize-mader and seven men, who were put
h"ard the cutter, Captain BLAKr, which
vi,: up at the it,llant the vetre4 was recaptured.
The Siilers, aith her crew, was afterwards fafely
Imought into this harbour. Report rays that the
:•bove priv:,teers captured alfo. a !loop ; but this is
7entradicled by the crew of the'Two Sifters.
WHITEHATCH, AUGUST 6.—Arrived the "Carle•
Faaacr, after a palliage hi fix weeks sod two
~tys, from Barbadocs; alto the Thetis, &maw, from
Isiebau ; the Baltic, Psst.s. from Riga; and the
;4ho, Roc sit.aut, from Narva.
mom 'FHB GIBRALTAR CHRONIC!".
Captured and brought in, the Spanifh Xebeque.
.".n. d; ": Mary Efrzornei, from Barcelona, with
ate kt.l brandy. for Vann:L.—By P.S. W. Sthino.
Ca;•!,:r:t1 and brought in, the Spluifh
:.: Carmen, Joie Degait.hne day from Marbella,
• '• 'pt. for Caeliz.—By I'. S. W. Fortune.
.m1'74'41150111 Tautl4TH TO THE 21e 11711 S•

444,2/1 (agate Ambufiatek, from a cruise ire Oalb"'
.r:Liorfe Ca, if War Venganza, from a cruise-s 1 be Mooed).
I.chre Memoilt. :Law ashou esfroal Alivi"sslYith "arc' •r Sardiaianl'lmiue Nest. Fra. del Carmen. George Parana, eight
3:aJittla-411s. Ill.jefty's (hips Sea Horfc and Carncleoo,
a adizet off Cadiz—'s'he Antaieun fagate, John Adam-,
Atave, 31 days frota New York-1 he Ante:leap gun-Ivrst,
:ot Lieut. Carter, ail Jays front Hampton— I tt: American
a."l "at NO. 3, Li..ut. Maxwell, 3 t days from New York—The
Cautla, one day from Algefiras, In ballalt—The
ftaletirsts guts- boat. Na. fp, I.b ut Laurent:, al days from New
Wk.." he Imperial Lip America, John Seb.aftian Gouda,
re day front Algefaras, with 'trinkets, for Lifbon—The
Loran brig Amittad, 1 rancifco Rowan, one day front
ilVairas...The M. S. W. Invincible, Steam. Begovich, from a
!taw to :he Eadwaril—A Hag of truce (aunt Algeztras—The
fehooncr Bullets Canc. r, George PicuL, feveu days from
with foap, odic)", aad hide for Leghorn.:)ailed on the 14111, the American gran boats, No.
sikand 9, to the eatiward.
Sailed on the 17th, his Nfajefly's ()rips Litres,
E A 1-14itsF, and brigs Comings, CAM ILIION, FIR-
&NT, and IhATEROUS, with the expedition.
Sailed on the (Bth, his btrjelky's frigate Et/arnica
./ to the ca!twaid.

FROM LLOYD'S LTST
OtAVIStNO, AUGV3T 7.-••Pa6ed hy. the Triton, Parker, from
Mum' ; Briirett, Hammond; and !reenters, Lindfay, from
Orrenland.—Saited the John and Mary, James, for li.irbadoes ;
and Swinger, Luxton, for Jamaica.

The following account of the proceedings of our
•iftorious fleet is interelling : for all the faas we
would not be underflood to pledge ourfelves. We
hope the lots of the Scipion will be found to be true,
as it will at lean weaken the force of the enemy

" His Majefty's fhip Triumph, at fa, July 3t, 1805.
" On the it of June we received orders to proceed, without
delay, to reinforce the grand fleet off Galant, to the great mortifi-
cation of every man on hoard, as we had prepared nuffelvcs far
the We ft India Ration; General Drummond and Staff were to
have taken their paffage nut in the Triumph, on an expedition
againft lonic of the enemy's iflands.—Junea. we Idled front Cork
harbour, and joined the grand fleet, on the 4th, under the com-
mand of .‘dmiral Lord Ciardner.ln the 6th,we were difpatched
front the (leer in company with lix fail of line, one frigate, and a
lugger, to blockade a French rquadron at Rochefort, confining of
one three-decker, mounting 130 guns, (the M..jeftueux), two HO
gun (hips, two 74's, and four liege frigates.—July 12, off Roche.
fi.rt, arrived two brigs, with difpatehes to our Admiral, to order
him to quit his Ration, and join the fleet under the comntand of
Sir Robert Calder, off Ferrol, with all polfible expedition. We
accordingly crowded fail, and reached our thflination on the t3th,
when we muttered in all, fifteen fail of the line, two frigates, a
lugger, and a cutter.—On the 2841 inftant, in lat. 44. to. N. and
long. ix. 31. W. Cape Flnitterre bearing I:. by S. diftant ninety
miles. At noon moderate breezes, and very foggy weather ; one
of our look-out frigates difeovereal a Runge fleet in the W. 5. W
quarter; made all fail in line of battle and dole order in chat?,
and found them to be the French and Spanlth combined flect, con-
fining of thirty fail of (hips of war, twenty of which were of the
line, feven frigates. two brigs, and one regifter mip, laden with
two hundred thoufand pounds in dollars: at five o'clock gave three
hearty cheers in honour of the day, and commenced the action
with the van (hip., four Spanifh and three French. We received
the fire from nine of the enemy aa we paled along their line, only
aided by the 13.1rflear. During the fiat half hour, the section be-
came general, and very warm, and We thank' have fueeeeded in
totting off four Spanith (hips, bad not fix of the French come to
their affiance jolt in time. by which means they frultrated our
dtfign. You may judge of our ad•vity, when I inform you, that
we fired away four tans of powder, feventern tone of and
three tons of wadding, in all thirty-two brrradlid-s.

" About nine o'clock the adlion ceafed. in enutlinence of the
darknefs of the night, and I am happy to fay, at day light we had
in nor polfelgon two SpaniOs (hips, one of them an 84 gun fhlp,
and the other a ye t befides this, we funk one of the French (hips,
called the Scipio. a new feventy-four, and all hands periflted--
Both fleets, during the following day, were employed in re-
pairing damages received in the adlinn, the enemy to windward,
within fix mike of us, in line of battle, hut (hewed no intention of
renewing the *dine. We have fußalned much damage, having
received feventy-three (hot on board, which difabled our main-maR
.and howfprit, feveral (tot between wind and water, befides cut-
ting the fails and ringing. tam extremely furry to Rate the loft of
three valuable feamen, and one marine killed. clever men wound-
ed, three of them dangeroufly. The two fleets kept in fight of
each other for two days afterwards.
a After the unfortunate Spaniards were difmatle4, the French
men fired feveral ittnadfides Into them. whi.-11 etafperatcd them
fo much that when they got on hoard the Englith thins they gave
us all their agnate. as well as thnfc of the French, and Informed ns
of all their proceedings, which I (hall now communicate for your
further information: The combined fleet filled from Cadiz with
21,000 tenons on bond, with the intention of taking the Mond of
Jamaica. On their arrival at the Weft Indies, they were Inform-
ed of Lord Neffon's fleet being in purfult, and being diftppointed
of meeting the Rochefort Grath-on, could not pot their plan In ex-
reution. The French allowed the Spaniard* to take the Diamond
Rock, hut afterwards they turned them off and ordered them to
repair on beard their own Mips again, then hoilled the French
flag. and garrifnned the Rnck with the French 'mops On their
return home, it was their intention to rife the blnekatic of fermi,
ifrom thence to proceed to Rochefort, and next to k. land, fuppof-,
ing the Breit fleet fhouhl have been able to ;et out to join them ;
but 1... m happy to fay we have rendered all their plans abortive."
„,....--.

The Can Rafael, of 84 guns, is by far the finer(
114 of the two prizes, and is almnfl a new fhip. El
Fit me, of 7.. gun*, is about to years nl4, and has
had a thorongh repair ; in fining Hp Plymouth hit,
1,0„, the ran fnil of the I, kewr.ro. of ;S suns, and
carritki away part of her head and howfprit.
Letters received from the DItACOV. of 7 soli.,
Capt.Gaitrrres, dated the 23d lilt. oft' Care Finif.
teure, Rate !ter having been difpatched after a Orange
fail, and rrinined Admiral CALDFR at the dole of the
aainn—that the fog V-24 In great, could fcarcely
cover friends from foes ; had only four marines
blown up by accident, all of which will recover.
It has given great fatiefaflion to find that moll of
lour brave wounded men brntmi.• into the Royal Hof
pital ar Plymouth from Sir R. CALDER'S Fleet, are
not very bad cafes ; and as the weather is moderate-
ly warm, hopes are entertained, except in cafes of re-
vere amputation of (battered limb!, from the great
fever ufrially attendant on this operation, that great
part may recover. Out of the Windfor Celle, 35.
wounded, 23 only are badly wounded, the tell flight.
ly. I.ieut. MoLymEux's wound is on his fhoulder,
and he is in a fair way of recovery.
A Court-Martial was held on Monday lark at Ply-
wank on hoard the SALVADOR Dr 1. WNW)) Of 112
guns. Vice Admiral You tic, on a French Sub Pilot
of the Ms LA Mr u R. for infidence and improper cnndu&
to his fuperior officer—J. LIDDELL' Efq. Judge Ad.
vocate. The prifoner was found guilty, and fenten-1
ced to receive fifty lefties on hoard his own ftsip.
According to the late Treaty of Peace between the
United States and the Dey of Tripnli, all the Ame.
rican Officers in flavery are to he liberated for the
fum of 6u,000 piafters ; and it is nnderflood, tilhat no
further retribution is to be paid by the United States.
Yelterday a Court of Direflors was held at the Eaft
India Houfe, when the ihip Lady Madelina Sinclair,
of bit tons, engaged by Government to carry enn•
vilts to New South Wales, was taken up to bring
home teas from China. The Court adjourned at five
o'clock.

The pilchard fithery began a few days ago at St.
he's with every profpeft of a moll prodneive feafon.
It is ao abfolute faR, that the enfuing State Lottery
yields a net profit to Government amounting to more
than one hundred and feventy-eight thonfand pontids!
Such a fun), from Inch a mere handful of tickers as
twenty-five thoufand pnly, mutt prove no inconfide-
rabic aid to the Ways and Means of the Ivtrain..