Star.
London, England, 1809-10-20 00:00:00

NAPWL INTELLIGENCE.

LEITH, OCTOBER 17.
Sailed the Cuo sloop of war with a convoy for
Gottenburgh.
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FALMOUTH, OCTOBER 17.
Arrived the Queen Charlotte packet, Capt. Muncr,

with mails from the Mediterranean ; also the Express
packet, Captain BULLoCK, with mails, in 18 days
from Cadiz : she had an engagement with• a French
schooner privateer, which she beat off.

PINNIOUTII and PLYNIOUTH-DOCK, OCTOEFI2 18.

The French prize taken by the EMERALD, and sent
in yesterday, is a very fine sloop-rigged vessel, pierced
for 20 guns, and will, no doubt, be taken into his
Majesty's service. The DEFIANCE, Capt. HOTHAM,
is hourly expected in here, from the Coast of Spain.

Last evening the master of la RIIIN frigate arriv-
ed here, in charge of a large French brig, taken by

la RinN-, in her cruizing ground ofF Rochefort,
laden with a cargo of wine, brandy, &c. worth up.
wards of .C 20,000, exclusive of the ship, which is a
very fine vessel. The master of la RHIN states, that
on Monday evening he passed la NYMI HE frigate,
steering for this port, with a very valuable prize she
had taken—a French \Vest.lndiaman, deeply laden
with Colonial produce, from Guadaloupe, bound to
France. Both vessels are hourly expected in.—The

INTELLIGENT gun-brig, Lieutenant TUCKER, from Con-
stantinople, is put under strict quarantine.—Sailed
the WEAzLE schooner for Falmouth ; and HARLEQUIN
armed ship, with a -convoy of British merchant and
neutral vessels, bound for the Downs.—The French
ship mentioned in my letter of Monday is a prize to la
Sem frigate, Capt. Arms she is a very handsome
vessel, and hasihe appearance of a yacht or packet.

Ifast night the master and three men belonging to
the French prize sent in by the EMERALD, attempted
to make their escape ; they contrived to get from the
ship, on board the sick boat, in Stonehouse Pool,
where they secured the man who had charge of the
boat, but luckily couli not ind means to unfasten
the mooting:, and were compelled to return to the
prize. Five strops, of the same class as the above,
sailed from St. Makes with her, fourteen days since,
to cruir,e against our trade : the captured vessel
threw all her-guns overboard in the chace.
' Caine in the Emanuel, Capt.WILNINsoN, from Salo,
with wine ; Dolphin, SI ER, from Gibraltar, with wine
and other goods ; Resolution, BATES, from Malaga,
with wine and fruit ; and Claremont, PASMORE, from
Gibraltar, with wine and birifla, in distress : all these
vessels, with 21 others, sailed under convoy of the
SPARTIATE, of 74 guns, and FREDERICKSTEDI frigate,
and parted from them off Falmouth yesterday. Also,
the Squirrel, Capt. SQUIRE, ircm Cork ; French -brig
Emulation, laden with salt, from France, captured
by the MINERVA frigate ; Jane, SLATER, from Cape
Francois, with various goods ; Endeavour armed ship
'from Wales, with a fleet of coasters undtr convoy ;
Sophie, MALiottovict, from Trieste, with wine for
orders; Drake, SEINER/I, from Oporto, with wine, for
this port. Sailed the Trio, Hero, and Henry, West-
Indiamen, for London.
PORT SMOUTH, OCTOBER 19.

Arrived his Majesty's ship FRLDEIIICKSTEIN, from
the Mediterranean, with a convoy, among which are
the following ships : Richard and Ann, Earl Fitz-
william, Margaret, Prince George, Maria, Prince
Augusta, and Sisters. Several of the discharged
transports are gone out of harbour Spithead, and
only wait for convoy to proceed to the North"tvard-
Wind W.

bOVEIt,
Passed by the Venus of Liverpool. ftom Gibraltar
bound to Londono Snd •,goisttilltonveris going past
from Plymouth.—WindlV.S. Ati moderate.
DEAL, oCiiilftft-19.
Cattle down from the River) several merchantmen,
and remain.—Wind S.W.

FROM LLOYD'S !Arr.
GRAVESEND, OCT. 19.—Arrived the Young Jail, Wellbank
from Varel.—Sailed the Maitland, Cuzens, for Martinique ; Ma'
ry, Stokes, for Charlston ; Ocean, Scott, for Cadiz ; and the De
bomb, Williams, for Dublin,
The Fox, Spencer, from London, was taken, and carried into
Westchelling, on the Gth inst.
The Phoebe, Dunbar, from Tarragona to Tonningen, is taken,
and carried into Boulogne.
The Hope, from Sardinia to Gibraltar, is taken by three
French privateers, after a resistance of three hours and an half.
The Gallo, from Gibraltar to Malta, is taken, and car-
ried into Naples.
The James, Brown, from Cadiz to London, has been taken, re-
taken, and arrived at Portsmouth

The Hope, Wyke, from Liverpool to Newfoundland, is lost in
Dundalk Bay.
Altitivra—At Gibraltar, the Lord Duncan, Letherington ,
Milford, —; Good Intent, Sly ; Bere;ford, Donaldson ; Jane,
Knott; Hannah, M'Donald; Friends, Ney ; Lion, 131yth; Har-
mony, Clapham ; and Hope, Bartlett, from London ; Invasion,
Tardiff ; and Greyhound, from New York ; Amphion,
Lund, from Gottenburgh; Isabella, Hausott, from Falmouth;
Crawford, I .ea ; and the Conjuror, Racket, from Plymouth.
Duna! BUTION OF Pitl2E Mosxv—The Melpomene,
for the Zoroaster, Dea Venere, l'Accidence, and Li
Grecia, captured August 21, 1807, this day, at 22,
Essex-street, Strand, and there recalled on Tuesdays
and Fridays for three months.

GIBRALTAR,. SEPT. 29.
Arrived since the lath inst. in 15 days from Portsmouth—the
brig Lord Duncan, J. Lotherington ; the brig Jane, John Sincock,
bound for Malta; the brig Good Intent, Jacob Sty; the, brig
Transfer, A. Putter master, with bricks and timber; the ship
Thames, H.Toild master, with provisions for the Navy ; the
Neptune, J. Brokleshy, with provisions fur the Navy; the brig
Marvinia, R. Evans, with Ordnance stoles; the Beresford, D.
Donaldson ; the Jane, M. Maccau ' • the galliot Hannah, J.MiDon-
nald ; the brig Iris, T. Bateman, with Ordnance stores, for Sicily.
Also arrived the Swedish ship Amphioh, Olef Lund, 36 days from
Got tenburgb, with deals and iron ; the English brig Clinker, Johnl
Polio, 17 days from Cagliari, with wheat; the American brig
Lewisa, John V igaLs, 13 days from Cagliari, with wheat ; the Eng-
lish ship Quebec packet, T. Wallace, 20 days from Hull, in bal.
last, for Malta; the Xebeque Neptune, D. Solara, 6 days from
'Tarragona, with wheat ; his Majesty's slocp Grasshopper, Capt.l
Fansbaw, 1 day from Cadiz; the sloop Friends, G. Nay; the brig
Lion, W. Blyth ; the brig Sedulous, J. Whitby, with Ordnance
stores, for Malta; the brig Ruby, Vv .Curril,l3 days from Liverpool,l
for Malta; the brig Harm ony,D.Clephan , 21 days from Portsmouth;
Polacre Josephina, T. Cavasa, 4 days from Cadiz, in ballast ; the
Eliza packet, Capt. Simpson, ten days from Falmouth ; the Ame-
rican brig Jason, H. Allen, 2 days front Malaga, with fruit and
oil, for Salem ; the American schooner Johanna, E. Merchant, 4
days from Malaga, with fruit fur Charleston ; the sloop two Sis-
ters, J. Adams, 15 days from Torbay, in ballast ; the ship Tan-
vrin, W. Tardiff, 26 days from Sr. John's, with cod-fish for a
market ; the brig Diligent, J. Islontan, 4 days from Lisbon, in
ballast ; the brig Prudence, E. Grosker, 2days from Malaga, with
cotton, brandy, raisins, and sugar, for this place and New York ;
the sloop Isabella, T. Heaton, 20 days from Falmouth; the po-
lacre Minerva, A. Mongardino, 1 2 days from Cagliari,with wheat;
the American ship Charlotte, J. Cook, 2 days from Malaga, with
fruit, .for New York; the American ship Mary, J. Fellows, two
days front Cadiz, with tobacco, from Malaga ; the Jerusalem po-
lacre Madona d'ldra, J. Demitre 4 days froM Lisbon, with su-
gar, hides, dmDemitre,
for Malta ; .the Ottoman polacre Madona d'ldra,
L. Pinori, 8 days from I asbon, with sugar, coffee, etc.for Malta,
the bark. Frederick, A. Mackey, 6 days front Cadiz and Tangier,
with earthen Ware ; the brig Crawford, J. Ley, 35 days from Ply-
mouth, with coals and bales; the Jerusalem polacre Madona de
Idra, C. de Jovani, 4 days from Lisbon, with sugar, for Malta ;
the American schooner Jane, J. Webber, 43 days from Glouccs-
ter,with tobacco, rice, &c. for a market; the schooner Conjurer,
Rackets 30 days from Plymouth, and 10 days from Cadiz, with
earthenware; the Jerusalem polacre Madona de Idra, L. Breisco,
8 days from Lisbon, in ballast, for Malta; the xebeck Brilliant,
L. Maria, 3 days from Carlaya, in ballast, for this place; his Ma-
jesty's sloop Minorca, Capt. Hornby, 3 days from Cadiz; the
American schooner Charles of Boston, W. lugarstoll, 5 days from
Cadiz, with provisions, for a market ; about 36 Spanish vessels
with Carley, tatcoa, saltlish, tiles, provisions, timber, sugar, cochi-
neal, indigo, &c. for this place, and the eastern or western coasts.
Sailed—On the 1 oth, his Majesty's ship Frederickstein and
sloop Grasshopper, with a convoy; and his Majesty's packet
Queen Charlotte, to the westward. On the 23d, his Majesty's,
packet Eliza, to the eastward,
Arrived—The English brig Gipsey, Scott, 14 days from
London, with merchandize for this place. The English schoo-
ner Albion, J. Yarmund, 13 days from Falmouth, with merchan-
dize, fur this place. '1 he Swedish brig Hercides, A. Steharg, 26
days from London, in ballast, for Alit-ant. 'I he English brig
Ruthock, Thompson, 14 days front Plymouth, with merchan-
dize, fur this place. The English brig Preston, R. Simpson, 17
days from Falmouth, with merchandize, for this place. 'The Eng-
lish brig Royden, M. Jackson, 19 days from Falmouth, with mer-
chandize, for this place. The English brig Mary, W. Cox, Is
days from Portsmouth, with merchandizt for Malta, Messina,
and Palermo. The Imperial vessel 1.1 Ronta, M. Xuvich, 20 days
from Faimouth, with coals, sugar, and coffee. The Spanish brig
San Josef, J. Soles, 21 days from London, with merchandize, for
this place. The English brig Alert, W. Delday, 15 days from
Portsmouth, with merchandize, for this place and Malta. The
English brig Hope, E. Bartlett, 13 days from Portsmouth, with
merchandize. '1 he American brig Resolution, C. Bates, 15 days
front Plymouth, with coals, &c. for this place and Malaga. The
English brig Traveller,T. White, 14 days from Portsmouth, with
merchandize. The English schooner Britannia, W. Mason, 25
days front Portsmouth, with merchandize. The English schooner
Sophia, W. Smith, 21 days from Plymouth, with merchandize,
for Malta. The English ship Weymouth, J. Llewellyn, 15 days
from Portsmouth, with merchandize. The English polacre Two
Frierids, J. Metrovich, 2 days from Lisbon, In ballast. The Eng-
lish sloop Hendra, F. Hawking, 11 days from Falmouth, with a ge-
neral cargo, for this place. The English brig Martha, D. Elwich,
24 days from Benicarlo, with wine and cork, for Portsmouth.
—The brig Thomas, W. Harrison, 15 days from Falmouth, with
bricks and slates; the American brig St. Michael, J. Dawson, 34
(Els front Malta, with canvas, brimstone and wine, for Balti-1
more ; his Majesty's packet Queen Charlotte, Captain Mudge,l
21 days from Malta ; the brig Selena, J. Andrew, 42 days from!
London, with merchandize, for Gibraltar; his Majesty's ship
Frederickstein, Captain Searle, 36 days from Malta, with the
convoy ; the Woolwich store snip, Mr, Turner commander, 15
days from Plymouth ; his Majesty's ship Preeorante, Mr. D.
M'Coy master, 15 days from Portsmouth ; the Polacre I.ouisa,
B. Tagliaferro, 21 days from Cagliari, with Wheat, for Gibral-
tar and Lisbon ' • the brig Curlew, W. Downie, 29 days from
Malta.' with barilla and sulphur, fur Cork; the brig Glory. W.
Reynolds, 36 days from Malta, with oil and fruit, for London ;
The vessels Wilberforce, T. Etheridge; Richard and Abate, J.
Dcwear ; Margaret, John Bruce; Thomas, J. Hill; Harmony,
D. Raitt ; Friends, F. J. Humble; Albion, J. Hamilton ; Jane,
J. Orfewr ; La Purita, B. Drago ; and Phoebe, S. Guntos ; with
baritla, hemp, cork, oil, wine, wool, sumach, silk, and sulphur,
for Gibraltar, Lisbon, Bristol, London, Liverpool and Belfast.
The American brigs Fitzwilliam, W. Wilson, and Constitution,
S. Leach, Si; days front Malta, with oil and sulphur, for London
and Wilmington. The Euilish vessels Valiant, W. Willis; Sym-
merry, W. Button; and Rambler, T. Lawson, 36 days srom '
Malta, with French prisoners, for England. The brig Leeds, J.
Reynolds, 15 days from Portsmouth, with Navy and Army pro-
visions. The ship George, T. Hague, 15 days front Portsmouth,
with Army stores. The brig Peace, B. Sedman, 15 days from
Portsmouth, with Navy provisions. The American brig Alice,
A. Lovett, 36 days front Malta, with bags, &c. for London.—
His Majesty's sloop Eyderen, Captain Pengelly, 16 days from
Portsmouth. About 20 Spanish vassals, with brandy, cocoa,
wine, sumach, barley, 'agar, ordnance stores, bricks, &c. for
this place and tile Eastern or Western coasts, arrived is tae
of the week.

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14irtaitrE, dcliMEll 18.

The rears of the public that the balls at Wirmut.
oEN's library would deprive the regular Asiembly
rooms of their usual attractions, have been co:uplete-
ly unfounded, for never were they better at en.ie(l
than yesterday evening, and though the party was
very numerous, yet it was select, and abounded with
beauty that can be easier imagined than described.—
The Duchess of Has
_canon pAtroniseel the ball, and
her Grace was tato-Mir top of the room by Captain
BEAN. The danelng continued until twelve o'clock
with the greatest vivacity, when the party separated,
but not without amateurs of the Caledonian style ex.
periencing uncommon delight, as the specimens ex-
hibited surpassed every thing to be met with in South
Britain, and was (if any where) only to be equalled
beyond Tweed's Northern banks. Nature and the
milliners vied with each other in their efforts to dis-
play perfect models of female excellence ; both were
successful. In the splendid groupe were observed—
The Duchess of Manchester; Countesses Dunmore, Camden,
Nelson ; Ladies V. Murray, C. Nelson, Pratt, J. Campbell,
Harwoo, Lake, Curtis, Dering, H. Parker, Fagg; Misstresses
Townly, Forsyth, C. Dering, Walsby, Carlton, Davis, Godfrey,
and Mann ; Misses Eden, two Onslows, Callaway, Brandheld,
two Carlton:, three Wafting', two Dashwoods, and the accosts.
plished Miss Badcock ; Lords Delsin, Nelson, Camden, Cranly,
Kirkcudbright, and Stewart; Sir J. Lake, E. Hales, B. Har-
wood, J. Dashwood, Horace Mann, %V. Curtis; Colonel Vicars,
and many officers of the 3d and 12th Dragoons ; Captains Gill,
R. N. Bean, R. A. Finucane ; Messrs. Maynard, Molloys, Chis-
holme, Dashwood, Melton, B. Trecothick, and the Skengtons
of Rumple, Mercer, and Clover.

CHELTENHAM, OCTOBER 19.

The Duke of GLOUCESTER has quitted us, after a
stay of above a month. His Royal Highness's affa-
bility on all occasions, has been highly gratifying,
and has justly obtained the respectful esteem of the
neighbourhood.
The town still continues full. The prognostics of
a fine Autumn have caused the late unpleasant wea-
ther to be forgotten, and there is every appearance of
a protracted season.
Thursday evening last, about seven o'clock, a fire
broke out in a stable adjoining a timber-yard, at the
back of Mr. Starnes Boarding-house, which extend.
ing to a barn where a considerable quantity of corn,
beans, hay, straw, &c. were deposited, burnt for some
time with very great fury. The barns, stables, &c.
were destroyed, together with two carriages, one wag-
gon, and a valuable horse, to force which out of the
stable every effort was made in vain. The principal
loss sustained, and we regret that it will be a very
heavy one, is by Mr HCRLSTONE, of the. Fleece
whose first crop of wheat, &c. from a• new farm, were
deposited in the barns ; but a small part of the property
was insured. The accident arose from a man going
into the hay-loft with a lighted candle, without the
precaution of a lantern.
A white fiat potatoe root was this week dug out
of the garden of Mr. JOHN WILLIANIS, of this town,
which produced potatoes, that measured half a bushel
and one quartet-, and weighing forty pounds and a half;
in number 153, of good full sized potatoes.—A large
potatoe was planted whole, and when it came pp,
was carefully moulded at different times, to the height
of 22 inches. Some time after which a wheel-barrow
full of good manure was thrown on t 3 it, which has
caused so extraordinary a production.
Arrivals during the week—
The Rev. Dr. Saunders, Dr. Gillespie, Colonel Oakes, Colonel
Dyer, Captain Tombs, Lieutenant J. Wing, Mr. Taylor and fa-
mily, Mr. Agnew and family, Mr. North and family, Mr. and
Mrs. Hawheswortb, Mr. and Mrs. Docre, Mr. and Miss Lati-
mer, Mrs. and Miss Williams, Mt ssrs. T. Hall, Newton, Spar-
row, Jones, C. Hill, G. Stevenson, Butler, Mitchell, Undo, Du
Buis, Moloney, Callaghan, Solver, Nichols, Breed, Hughes, Bo-
yell, Hawkes, R. Smith, White, King, J. Furlonge, Granger, Met
cher, Barlow, Burton, Greaves, and A bercromby ; Mrs. Kitchen,
Mrs. Lucas, Mrs. Jelico, and Mrs. Rogers ; Misses Wedgwood,
Pickford, Staines, Poole, Thornton, &c. &c. &c.

The Right Honourable the Earl of COVLNTRY has
been elected a Burgess and Lord High Steward of
the borough of Evesham.
A SINGULAR CHARACTER.-.-A heroine of some ce-
lebrity, distinguished by the name of Irish Nell, died
a few days since in Well-court, Wapping. Her hpu,e
had long been a friendly asylum for travellers of
every description. The inhabitant of the frozen re-
gions, and the Negro from the sultry clime of Ethi.
opia, often sought refuge under her roof. Jews,
Turks, Christians, and, Pagans, received the same
welcome. Their accommodation was liberal, on tea
sonable terms ; and, unlike many who keep lodging
houses for the reception of foreigners, she seldom
practised an imposition. In her will she requested tv
be buried in her best clothes, and left 51. as an
demnity to the parish, in case the penalty should bc
exacted of them for suffering her to be interrod ire
linen. The remains of poor Nell were int,rrA b
Stepney Burial-ground, in the presence of a great
number of mourners. The following epitaph has been
written for her head-stone :

Flashy NELL of Old Wapping lies under this clay,
In a new gown and petticoat, deJt'd nut quite guy,
Death call'd at her lodgings ; she put on her best ;
And be took her a‘% ay, to his dwelling of rest.

It is amusing to trace, or to snppose we have tr::•
ced, a passage or thought of a great poet to the sour, ,
from which he drew it, especially it that source be .1
mean or an obscure one.—
•• But who is this ? What thing of sea or land ?
Female of sex it seems—
That so bedecked, ornate and gay,

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Comes this way sailing—
Like a stately hip
Of Tarsus, bound for the isles
Of Javan or Gadire,
With all her bravery on and tackle trim,
Sails filled, and streamers waving—
Courted by all the winds that hold them play."
Sawsost ifpniateJ. M
This simile seems to have been suggested to iuro:•
by the following passage in a curious sermon, which
was preached before King JAMS the First, at White-
hall, upon the marriage of a noble pair, who weic
present :

" But of all qualities, a woman must not have one quality ot
a ship--and that is too much rigging.—O, what a wonder it is • t.
see a shippe under saile, with her tacklings, and her masts, ,
her tops and top-gallants; with her upper-deckes, and her nettle :-
deckes, and so bedecked with her streamer, flagges, and ensip.•t
and I know not what ! Yea, but a world of wonders it is to c
a woman, created in God's image, so miscreate oft times,
deformed with her French, and her Spanish, and her toolisl,
sbions, that he that made her, when he lookes upon her, c: ~:1
hardlie know her, with her plumes, and her lannes,.and .
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vizard ; with a ruffe like a saile—yea, a ruffe a rainbow w
w ,
a feather in her cap, like a flagge in her top, to tell
way the winde will blow."

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C: • •hr he may tee
I . :..• !-'••p and unit
•,%Iwars Vcreale!

sceptre's sway
4: *qui% obey !
hz..rts a!td carte, huzza !
Cop save the Milt!

_and, since pretierid to sea
• I his jnyfal Jubilee
'I hrough the had ring,
hear Britannia's prayer,
ler Sov'reiutes life to spare !
. make him still your care !
Long live the King !
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Still may his mild command
Dovcrn this favoued land.

Years yet to come !
An•l when his days shall cease,
H►..w'v, close his eyes in rs:acc
Death grant a kind relea.e
To our good King!

But distant be that day
Map all file subjevs prey .
Of Gaon ria.our King!
liappv would Lngiand be,
Coul,l we but live to see
Another Jublee !

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