Star.
London, England, 1805-10-09 00:00:00

THE FAME.

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Snip LAONCN.—.Yelierday triorning, u early as
ten o'clock, great numbettofpeople began to area.
bleat his' Malay's' dock yard at Deptford, to view
the launch of a (hip of the line. Temporary booths
were erelted for the accommodation of the refpeeta.
ble part of the company, alto a booth for the recep-
tion of• Tome branches of the Royal Family, which
were expeeted. The gates of the yard were opened,
and a 'aft ccmcourfe of people of all defcriptions ad-
mitted to wieners the launch.

At an early hour the men of war and merchant
vefels lying in the River prepared to celebrate the
introduetion of another gallant Ihip to our invinci.
ble Nail, by difplaying the flags of Old England.
'and the colours of all nations, in their Ihrouefs and
rigging. The feamen, upon this occafion, proud of
the Jett; vied with each other in the arrangement of
their yards, and the neatnefs of their veffels. The
River prefented a fpettacle truly pidurefque. With.
in the Dock yttd every regulation was adopted to
render the ceremony as gratifying to public curiofity
as poffibie. The firft battalion of Tower Hamlets
Militia was placed at the entrance of the gates, and
ranged in extended files in every diredion within the
Dock 'yard; for the pnrpofe of preferving order.
The Dock Volunteers were alto fletioned near the
water fide. Stages for the accommodation of the
fpeetators, were ereSed contiguous to the vetlel ready
to be launched, and thole commanding the bell prof
pelt of the ceremony were covered with white canvas
and appropriated to fele& company. On the tight
of the 'Dock, clofe to the water, a ttand, covered
with green cloth, was prepared for her Royal
Highnefs the Nimes's of Watts, who was expeet•
ed to honour the launch with her pretence, and a flag
Itaff Rood ready at one angle of it, to hoift the
Royal Standard when her Royal Highnefs mould
approach. The bands of mnfic belonging to the
Tower Hamlets Militia took their Rations in the lat.
ter Rand, and the drums and fifes of the Dock Vo.
lunteers were placed at another part of the yard.,
The Mitt Barra, a frigate building in the yard, toge-
ther with the other veffels repairing, were crowded
with fpeaators, many of whom flood in the molt
perilous &nations. The banks of the River oppofits
were alto filled with a multitude.

The Fasts lay in the flips, decked in all the pride
of naval magnificence. The St. George's, red, and
blue enfigns, were difplayed at the fore, main, and
mizen jury malts. A red enfign was alto hanging
over her item, and the Union Jack forward. She
appeared a beautiful Osip, built for all the purpofes
of war : her head is adorned with a figure of Fame,
founding a trumpet, finely carved, and painted white
with blue drapery. It is impoffible for any image of
the kind to fit better on the cutwater ; the rake is
perfealy fishable to that of the Item, which is built
after the French and Spaniffi models, not unlike the
(tern of the Sax Josar, a Spanifh three decker. Her
(tern gallery and windows are remarkably neat and
plain, without fuperfluous external ornaments ; and
the quarter galleries are formed in a flyle of work.
mardhip, that adds confiderably to her grandeur.—
On the water, the decks are feveral inches wider and
longer than many of our feventy-fours ; the orlop is
peculiarly convenient for flowing her cables, and the
ports are fitted in a manner that molt add to the fe-
curity of the Fans. Agreeably to a new conftruftion,
She is built without knees and riders on the lower deck,
chocks are fubftituted for them, and the is rendered
more roomy and convenient to her crew, than any of
the old built fbips. Upon the whole, the is confidered
by the belt judges, a great acquifition to the navy,
and likely, from her mould, to prove a prime fluter.
About halfpaft twelve, his Royal Highnefsthe Duke
of Sussex arrived in a landau, with three attendants,
and immediately took a feat in the (lege appropriat-
ed to the Puna's of WALES. His Royal Highnefs
was followed by Vifcount and Vilcountefs CASTLI.
Isaac H, the Turk& Ambafrador, and a numerous at.
femblage of Nobility and Gentry. The band of mu-
fic began 4, God Cave the King," on the arrival of
the Royal Vilitant and party. The dock yard mei
foon after began to remove the Shores which fupport.
ed the Ship on the flips. By one o'clock, the tide had
flowed nearly higlfenough, and, at twenty minutes •
after one, the ufual Signal was given, the remaining
Chores were taken away, and the FAME began to move
with all the folemnity which the motion of fo great a
mats of mechanifin could imprefs upon the minds of
the beholders. She went off the flips arnidff the (hoists
ofat heft 40,000 fpeftators. The bands of mtific, at the
moment the was in motion, truck up “ Rule Bihar,*
Dia ;" echo repeated the founds of triumph from the
dillant hills, and the grandeur of the fcene cannot be
exprelfed. Having been named with the Waal cere-
mony, of throwing a bottle of claret again( her bows,
gee drifted to the middle of the Stream, and dropped
anchor. The company on board of her then went
&Chore ; and, after warping in the fair-way of the ri.
ver, fails were hoined on her jury mails, and -She
dropped down to Woolwich with a fine breeze, where
She is to be immediately docked and !Lathed, the
dry dock at Deptford not being large enough to pe
ceive her. Captain Moots, late of the INDS). ATIGA•
nos frigate, is appointed to the command of her. Oa
re-paffing the dock, the fpeftatora on board the !hips,
and on Shore, greeted her with three cheers ; the bands
again played martial mufic, and the launch ended.
The abfence of her Royal Highnefs the Pewits& of
WALES occafioned a difappowtment. Lord Hoot),
accompanied by leveret officers, came in his twelve-
oared barge, and appeared highly pleated with the
gallant manner in which the vela went off the flips.
After the launch, his Royal Highnefs the Duke of
Sussex infpeaed every part of the Dock yard, at
tended by the Port Admiral, and an Officer of the
Tower Hamlets Militia. Having pallid through the
(lore rooms, and other departmeuts of the yard, his
Royal Highnefs returned to the grand entrance of the
yard, where the regiment of Tower Hamlets Militia
I was drawn up to make a royal filure, which his
Royal Highnefs received with the molt polite conde.
fcenfion ; and, after converting Come time with the
Colonel of the Regiment, be returned to town.
At the launch no accident happened ; but we
lorry to (tate, that one of the Labourers (John
gat)), fell off the quarter deck into the hold, in
morning, and was killed on the fpot.
The day was extremely fine, and the crowd
turned well plated with the fight, excepting
thofc who were carried down toWoolwich in the
and fome others who were picked up by tome pl
gangs, who were very much on the alert after
;Wu 91 launch.

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