Star.
London, England, 1807-08-27 00:00:00

LLOYD'S LIST.

OSAVZSLND. AVOUST 16,—Paffed by the Lord Forbes, Silk,
and the Golden Grove, Wells, from Jamaica ; Four Brothers,
Winton, from Norway ; Ipfwich, Gordon, and the Rqueiftitution,
Batman, from Greenland. Sailed the Rolla, Thompfon, for St.
Domingo; Anna Chriftiana, Homan, for Efineur ; and the Ce-
cilia, Ohlers, for Tonningen.
ARRIVED.

Off Dover, the Tsßock castle, Fact- ; Jane, Dent ; Ann, Rob-
ky ; Pitt, Smith ; Alfred. Para ; John, Bertie ; John, Beanans ;
Aimwell, Richmond ; Nereus, Brocklebank ; Equeftriin, Brown ;
Hearn, Hindmarit ; Ariel, Redmayne, and Thetis, Severs, from
Jamalca—.At Cowes, Two Brothers, Cock, from Norway—At
NVeymouth, Nancy, Chiles, from Monte Video—At Liverpool,
Heart of Oak, from Maraniachie ; Spark and Rebecca,
from Tonningen ; John and Sarah, johnfon ; William and
Charlotte, -- ; Ker, Anderfon, and the Ann and Jane,
from the Baltic—At Oporto, Syren, Taylor, from Newfoundland
—At Lilbon,Prendent. Dunn, from Newfoundland; Commerce,
Stevens, from Dublin ; Rebecca, from London.
The CONTEST, of 16 guns, lately bad a fevzre
brufh with Come chafe marees, from a little port near
L'Orient ; (he fucceeded in capturing two, and kink
two, and would have captured or de ilroye more, had
not a large body of troops with artillery marched
dawn and lined the beach ; but the heavy fire of the
Cottrell mowed down their ranks, though the at fail
was obliged to haul off (bore, to refit, as the had her
fails and rigging much cut up, and feveral of her men
wounded.
The JULIA sloop of war, with a fleet from the
Weft Indies, which failed from Portfmouth on the
26th of June, arrived at Madeira on the 17th July.
The American brig Nancy was loft on Saturday
laft near the Start.
The Lord Duncan outward bound Eaft Indiaman,
was all well on the ztft of May, in let. 36. 42. long.
zt. S. She failed from Portfmouth on the 4.:1 of
March, with a fleet, under convoy of his Majefty's
(hip ANTELOPI.

The Lifbon Mail which arrived yeflerday, brings
no particular news. We do not hear that any alarm
is yet entertained there of an immediate attack or in-
terference of the French, though the Paris Journals
have for Game time mentioned the formation of an
army at Bayrnne for the invafion of Portugal. It
has been conjectured, that an army altembled in that
quarter, under the menace of attacking Portugal,
may be employed to attempt Ireland, and as the
Sparaifh Ports are well calculated f‘r fending out an
expedition to Ireland, the enemy's movements in that
quarter require to be carefully watched.
Another c-•njeEtute refpeaing the objeds of the
army to be affembled on the Spanifh frontier is, that
Bonaparte now ferionfly intends to unite Spain to
France, or to place one of his family on the Spanifh
throne. He has artfully contrived to get a►l the
Spanifh troops out of the country, between zo and
30,00,0 it is Laid being in Germany or Italy. This
certainly facilitates the defign both by the removal
of the means of refillance, and the opportunity it
affords of debauching the Eipanifh army, and giving
it a bias in favour of France, or a Ruler of the h )(Ile
of Bonaparte. Nothing would be more eafy than for
a French army now to execute this projea, and there
are many circumflan:es in favour of its probability.
Bonaparte mutt fee many objeaions to fuffering a
Bourbon in remain on the Spanifh thrcne, after hay-
ing excluded it from France, banithed it from Naples,
and rendered it irreconcilably his enemy by the death
of the Duke DEnghien. He has now hardly any
thing elle to do, and if Lucien Bonaparte would
make fubmiffion, probably he might yet he King of
Spain, and fo the whole family 'would be Kings and
Emperors. Thefe, however, are mere fpeculations,
, unfupported by any intelligence whatever.
Letters from Lifhon mention that a (hip had ar-
rived there from the Bralils, with an account of an
attack having been mAcle by our troops on Buenoi
. Ayres, which was laid to have failed; but as this
I t rumour is not mentioned in the*Madtid Gazettes of
the Bth, we arc not inclined to attach much c•edit to it.