Star.
London, England, 1804-02-25 00:00:00

7E.RsEr, FEB. so.

At near three this afternoon. the Sanest 04 or
war that lies in Granville Bay, fent a difpatch to the
Commanding Officer, and one to her Captain, the
Duke de &imams, who lives at La Baggatelle near
St. Hilliard', that fourteen tail of the etemy's Blips
were in fight Reeving down Channel. The wind
blowing very ftront, is quite fair for them, but the
Savaa■ scold not get out with it. An Englifh (hip
of war appeared in fight today I fhe was Peen from
the Heights near Granville ; the enemy's flips can-
not be difcerned from the (bore. MI here art on the
alert, and prepared. The force of Granville confine
of the 83d regiment,under Lieutenant Colonel Buten,
antabout 330 of the Referve. under Major Bt.'.
11011 T, but the Barracks can contain goon men. Mors
troops fhould be Rationed there. If the enemy in.
tended to make an attack on this ifiand. It is fuppofed
here that Granville Bay would be the moll likely
place fur ruch an attempt.

A convoy will fail for the Weft Indies to-morrow
from Portfmontb.
The convoy which was to have failed from Cork
on the soth, is poftponed.
The 48th and 66th Regiments have been ordered
to be completed with all poffible difpatch to loon
rank and file, and are under immediate orders for
ICeylott. They will go out with the Fall India fleet.
Orders have been received by the Commanding
Officer in-the Donne, for all officers, whether belong-
ing to yeah in actual fervice on that flation, or to
thole Got immediately prepared for lea, to fleep on
board their refpeetite 'hips. Similar rders' are to
be aridly enforced at Plymouth, Portfmoutbs. Chas
thorn. and Sheernefs.
All the men of war at St. Helen's have been or-
dered to lie at anchor with finings upon their cables.
The Lomat bomb sad. at Woolwich. is ordered
Ito be fitted for fervice with the moron difpatch.
The EAGER of 74 guns. bps been launched from
Melts. PERRY'S Dock Yard, at Northfleet, and is
ordered to be prepared for 1-ea withoot lots of time.
The Goals arranged for affembling the • Loyal
Birmingi.am Volunteers being cuoi.dered too com-
plicated, the following are to be vied in future, and
difplayed at the top of St. Phil,p's Church I'o call
out the Flea Swam • A 1:151L
Saiesed llamado . Ann.
Tldrd Battalion - - A Pashilase.
The firft arch, or float *fusels, forming a bridges
ipgadoos and ufsful, though fins* fa its confirm-
too, over the Medway. between Chatham Lion and
Upnor Cattle. has been launched. This bridge, and
a bard way. trill. when completed. and that willibe
very shortly, admit of troops marching over in co-
lumns. and the tranfporting grins, ammunition, bag.
gage. &c. Ste. with as much cafe and espeffition as
on a turnpike road.
A letter from Amlierdam, dated pll ult. received
in Glafgow' on Monday. fiats% that a bat of letters
difpatched from London on the s7th olt. was, on
its arrival at Amfterdam, by a neutral weird, felted
by order of the Fetter Cosine, and carried to Paris.
The objea of this meafure is evidently to dircover
the Englifli goods and merchandise fent to Holland,
and to trace the articles to the owners and receivers.
There was a report yefterday circulated, on the
lauthority of an American vefiel from Virginia. that
Admiral LSIIOI3 with his fquadron had attacked and
taken St. Helena. The circuitous eourfe in which
this report is brought. joined with the known fall:
that Admiral Loons certainly had not left the Mau.
ritius in the middle of Oflober tall, makes the intel•
ligence improbable, and it was totally dilbelieved.
The following declaration of Isaac gewres,
Captain of the brig Greyhound. of Bolton. which
arrived at Dieppe on the a3d January, is inserted in
the Masiterr of the 9th intl. He Rates, a that he
arrived on the 9th of September latt at the Ole of
France; that there were then at anchor there a
two-decker, four or five frigates, and tome fmaller
valets, all French ; but be does not know their
names. The Captain of the large Chip afked him,
whether the French were then at war. and f,id he
daily expelled to receive a declaration of it ; that
he thinks he heard Come mention of their proceed-
ing to Pondicherry. That when he went on Chore,
he law Come large bodies of very fine troops ezera
cifing." If this account is coned. Loo•ts mutt
have been at the Ifle of France in S•ptember lAN
for there certainly could be no other fquadroa ia
the Indian Sea.
Letters from Portfmntith Rate, the lots of the cut-
ter belonging to the LIYIATHAII man of war, off the
Ifle of Wight. The crcw, confilling of two midlir
men, the furron's mate, a Ruffian Gentleman. a
volunteer, and vine fennel, amounting in the whole
to fifteen perms, unfortunately pei ifhed.
All that i• known of the crew of the HUSSAR is,
that after the uruck on the Saints, they all got into
boats (everal being found on the ifland) and tiood
for the Esighlh fleet. The boat in which the Cap•
tain was, and tome others, reached the MAGNI Fie F Rt.
and the men were taken on board her. The %ember
at that time was hazy, and rather windy, lo that sohat
became of the ether boats they could not fay. It is
polliblc they were obliged to return to the Saints, a
(mall rocky ifland near lirtft.
Ott board a Guinesman recently arrived at iver-
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pool, was a fcamao of the name of Draper. wh'`
strongly Culp:Sea of having belonged to the Hr•c•
silos* ; frigate he has Gore been put no h-
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Paszawct, FBI. sa.—This morning the Spanifh
brig N. S. De Arenzaza, Captain 3. B. Ds As DIICA,
failed for Plymouth : the Ann, Wass mailer, for
London: the Wilton, Gammon, with timber, for
Plymouth Doek Yard : and. the Mentura, Dennis,
of and for Briftol. Sailed alto this afternoon the Mil-
ford, of this port, WILLIAMS, with block tin, for
London.

PLTINIOUTN, Fel. 53.-11se Hirondelle, of 14
guns, a French brig privateer, Is cruising 'off the
Lands End, and has captured many vefkls, report
fays tee fail; among which was the Rialto, of Yar-
mouth, bound to Dublin with barley; Rn was cap.
tared on the t 3th infant, and recaptured the day
following by his Hajeßy's flip NIMROD, of la guns,
and RISOLOTtOII MUTT, which velfels have arrived
et
Scilly. At that place there were on Tuefday
about two hundred fail of vefkh bound up Channel,
to be efcorted by the NIMROD, and RISOLUTIONS and
we have reafon to believe that they palled this port
lay evening.--Came from Hamoase and failed im-
mediately on a cruise, the INDBrariammi, of 38
guns.—Arrived the Remota cutter, of 14 guns.
from Falmouth.—Came in the French chafe mares
Four Sifters, laden with wine and brandy. taken the
;7th infant, by the Jose's hired cutter, of to guns;
this vela picked up the cutter belonging to the
Hume, of ill guns, lately loft on the coal of
France. It is reported that there are (swat French
privateers in the Chaanel, and that fame Tads have
keen captured off the Bolt...—Came from HANDOIIit
to Cawfand Bay, the Tsunami. of 98 gum, Rear
Admiral Bans.—Carne in the Spaniel brig Noire
Senora De Amman. Captain J. B. De Antrasca,
from Liverpook—Sailed the AURORA. of s 8 pos.
ens cruise.
Came in from Falmouth to raft, the Sassauses
muter t Ike arrived at Takeouts with sfifpatches from
Btu R. resew fee has bees out ti weeks; alto
the Neptune. &mesa, from Dartmouth; and, with
timber° for the Yard, from Exmouth, the Seem'
rim, Siam ; and Ann, B
PORTSMOUTH, Fes. 54.-.. Arrived the Crefeent,
and the Lady Parker, —, from Landes,
bound to Honduras.—His Majelty's !kip Damns,
has a Signal fors convoy to the Weft Indies.
DIAL, FEL s4.—Arrived the CONFLICT gun brig
from a cruise; and the ROSARIO (loop of war' with
the WILLISLAT EAR Indhunan, and a feet ender
convoy from the ',Award, which are failed for the
River.—Sailed the Cranium frigate; 'and Lees
Sloop of war, for Sheernefs.—Remain in the Downs
the lidossaca, leserratotre, Ralsoneass, and
UTRISCHT men of war; blaorcuters sod Ewer-
alms frigates Rousso. Aaaa, Issue:ea, and
'Yuman° Sloops of war ; Cosmic's. gm brig; Four
and Pianos bombs, and Cenral armed F.evenue
cutters. Lai night, in a hard gale of wind, thei
Hawks boy. belonging to Deal, laden with flour,
for London, by the vsoience of the wind and heavy
lea falling in. tem beat along flare and bulged s the
floor and the reit of the cargofamd—auselt damaged.
Yearn's'', Fan. 14.—Yelkarday afternoon the
Bark. Honest. al Scartro', from Snaderland for
London, with coals, ran oa the Cras Sand. and is
totally IoR : the erew have beets Caved, and put on
board the Admiral's fartkip. Arrived from a cruise
the Paircess or Ounce, of 64 gess ; Vixen. Boss,
and Feaareem Arrived from the Nom.
his Majefty's thiplerssisass, to receive the Rag of
Admiral Russet.. The Ships of war in the Roads
are, the ORISTRA, Admiral Rnsszt.'s fierthip ;
RORY, PIINCISS or ORANOS, and I IDLE, Amps
of the line; le CONSTAISCI frigate, F TTTT
Virtu, and BOLD gun.brigs ; BADGER, Hoarse, and
CHAMPION cutters. The Dutch khnyt. whici si
rived here this day week, remains in the Roads. with
her Wenger' on board, there being no I. der from
the Alien Officers for them to land.—Wind blows
hard at W. N. W. attended with (now.

HARWICH, Fes. a3.—The rivers on the oppofite
coat northward being all frozen op, there is no poi-
fibility, at prefent. of making either Tonningen. or
Hufum. The packets have, for Come time paR, land-
ed their Mails and Paffengers at Heligoland, from
whence they are conveyed by (mall craft to the main
land. There is alto a great quantity of ice in the
mouth of the Elbe, which would render the naviga-
tion there impracticable, even were it not blockaded;
and the river is entirely (hut up by the feverity
of the (salon a little above Cu:leaven.
A notch fchuyt arrived here on Monday. with
four pafiengers from Ketwyck. They Rate that the
Northers Powers are colleßing a great force to op•
pole the further progrefs of the tyranny of France,
whole ambition, they begin to apprehend. has no
limits. The Dutch, they fay, are decidedly of opi.
that the long-threatened invafion of this coun-
try will not be attempted. It feerns they are cruelly
oppredid, and are only waiting the friendly inicrfe-
retice of Come powerful State, to free themfelvcs from
that abjea Ravery they have fo long endured. Two
of the packets which failed yeßerday with the mans
for 1-lufum and Gottenburgb, and which have been
tlerained here for Come time. were forced back this
morning by contrary winds: the veather continues,
very boilterous.