Star.
London, England, 1801-05-06 00:00:00

PLYMOUTH, MAY 4.

Came in, from the Channel fleet, the %LIAM.
of 74 guns, Captain Boy:As and the RasoLu-
-nom, of 74 guns, Captain GAILDNItIt It is Paid
that thefe (hips have brought in tick men from the
fleet.—Sailed the Doals, of 36 guns, Capt. HAL.
z.Day, on a cruize.—Came in the Tago, of and
for Laos:, from Brillol, laden with bottles and
earthen-ware t the was taken by la Loire, French
privateer, of :6 guns, and re-taken by the Lana,
of 38 guns, Captain HOPE t the Loire was brought
in here on Thurfday laft.6—Sailed the CANADA, of
74 guns, Captain Da COLIICIT, to-join the fleet;
—Caine in a French chaffe-maree, name unknown,
laden with wine, taken by his Majek 's (hip AM/.
111, of 44 guns, Captain HERBERT.

F&OM LLOYD'. LIST.

Drat MAY S.—Came down and failed through
the Downs, the John, Howl', for Charlefion.--
Wind N. E.

GIU111$1111), MAT 5...-P2fred by the Aurora,
THomuks. from Rotterdam; Ameba, —, from
liAntzick ; Anna Catharina, and Anna
~Lui.l, Agars from Rotlock.—Sailed the Maria,
for Lilbon ; and Magdalena Catliarina,
--, for Hamburgh.

HULL, MAY S.
The Mercurim, HOLLAND►a j VViihtlm, Ntxctt-
l•'ear ; and Vrnw Anna, DE BOER, all from
this port, are arrived at Hambro'.—Sara Marg2-
tctta, PRA!, from this port, is arrived at Bremen.
On Friday !aft, the merchants and Blip owners
of port petitioned the Admiralty for a convoy
to fad from hence with flips for Hamburgh, Bre-
men, and Embden.
The Sound lifts of April 14, 58, and at, notify
!he paffage of 3c Teffels for this country with grain.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, MAYS.
ADMIRALTY-OFFICE, MAY 5.
Copy of a letter from the Hon. WILLIAM CORNWALL'S, Ad-
miral of the Blue, &c. to EVAN NIPS AN, Efq. tinted off
Daunt, 28th April.
Sist—l have inclofed a letter from Captain
HOTHA IN, Of Majefly's fhip IMMOETALITS, giv.
ing an account of his having taken a French pri-
vateer. (Signed) W. CORNWALLIS.
IMMORTALITL, St Sea, April 17.
Silt—l have the honour to inform you, that on
the 14th, in lat. 49 deg. 8 min. N. and long. 13.
deg. 25 min. W. I fell in with and captured la
Lame French privateer brig, of 14 guns, and 78
men, who had been fifteen days out from St. Ma-
loes, and had taken nothing but a Portuguefe vef-
fel from Brittol bound to Lifbon ; but during her
former cruizes had made feventeen captures.
(Signed) HENRY HOTHAM.
Copy of a letter from Lord ASIELIOS Br AOC!. sat, Captain of
his Majetty's thip FORTUNKS, to EVAN NVIZAN,Efq. dat-
ed Spithead, April z.
SIR—I acquaint you, for the information of the
Lords Commiflioners of the Admiralty, in com-
pany with his Majefty's fhip Twos. and DOLPHIN
Cutter, we captured on the 2oth of April, after a
chace of ten hours, dole in with St. Aubin's Bay,
le Renard French privateer lugger, from St. Ma-
loes, pierced for ten guns; which veffel has been
a great detriment to our coafting trade.
(Signed) A. REAUCLEAK.
Copy of a lam from Lieutenant LOSACt, Commanding his
Mujefty's lkip in sow, to EVAN NMAN,Efq. dated at Sea,
April 1.
Stg—l have the honour to acquaint you, for the
information of my Lords Commiflioners of the
Admiralty, of my having, at one o'clock this
morning, Cherbourg bearing South, diftant four
leagues, captured farad French brig privateer,
mounting 14 brats fix-pounders, and 53 men,
commanded by Citoyen LEFLYEE, from Cher-
bourefix hours, and bound for a ernize off the
coati of Spain. (Signed) WOODLEY LOSACE.

IN OF PRIZE MONEY.

The crew of the hired cutter LORD Duncan,
for the capture of the French privateer l'Eclair,
a diftributton of the net proceeds of hull and Rores
will be made on board the Paid cutter at Deal, on
Friday the Bth infiant.
To the crew of the (loop NAUTILUS, for the
capture of the French brig Regicide, a difiribu-
tion of the net proceeds of head-money will be
made at No. 7,Beaufort Buildings,on Friday next.
The crew of the floop RANOIR will be paid on
board the faid (loop at Sheernefs, the Bth inftant,
their (hares of the cargo of the Andromache.
The crew of the (loop ZEPHYR, will be paid on
board at the Nore, the Bth inftant, the proceeds of
head-money fbr the French privateer la Vengeur
de Francois and Va Tout.

The crew of the (loop RANGER will be paid on
board laid (loop at Sheernefs, the Bth inglant, their
(hares of the Johanna.
To the crew of the LEDA a cliftribution 'of the
net proceeds of the filvage of the recaptured (hip
Bolton, will be made on board the LEDA on her
arrival at Plymouth.
To the crew of the REPULSE, for the capture of
the Sophie French brig, a diftribution of the
net proceeds of the hull and cargo of the Paid vef-
fel will be made on Tburfday the 14th inftant,
at No. t 4, Surrey-ftreet, Strand.
To the crew of the PEGASUS a diftribution of
the head-money for deftroying the Echo and De
Gier, two Dutch brigs, will be made on Friday
the Bth ina. at Salters' Hall Court, Cannon-ftreat.
On the 3oth ult. arrived at Greenock, the (hip
Governor PiEton, RITCHIE,rom Trinidad, in 35
days, by which we learn, t4at an expedition had
failed from Martinique in March,fuppofed againft
the Danifh and Swedifb Elands.

By letters from Palermo, dated the 13th March,
the following veffels are arrived at Malta, viz.—
Hawke, Captain SPARK j Weymouth, Wrzoom ;
Maria, BARRI' j Nile, BaoAD; Walf/flgharn,
SIII•1111 ; Mary, MACK; Lord Nelfon, —;
Triton, Giasoa • Cleopatra, GA 11.DNI1 nadian,
LEIGM; and H'amilton, HARRISON.
The Friends, CHRISTIAN, from Lifbon to Lon-
don, was captured the 21R of March, by a French
privateer, and carried into Cadiz.
The Tejo, OLIVEIRA, from Briftol to Lifbon,
has been captured, recaptured, and arrived at
Plymouth.
The Guernfey, Batocs, from Ipfwich to Liver-
pool, has been taken by the Intrepid privateer, of
Boulogne, and carried into Dieppe.
The xperiment (an American), Livracz It,
from Ayamorri in Spain, to New York, is fent
into Cadiz by a French privateer.
The Anna Matilda, BORDES, from Hamburgh
11 to Weymouth, has been taken, retaken, and is ar-
rived in the Downs.
A letter from Breft, dated April 34, fays,“ Con-
trary to all expeCtation, and againit the mon rea-
fonable probabilities, there have entered with-
in a month a hundred (hips as well at Benaudet,
near Qi2imper, as in our harbour. Yet the Englifh
larc Rill on our coati ; for every day we fee them,
to the number of 25 or
_so fail."
A letter from Rochfort, dated April 24, lays,
The brave Captain Ronal. Suitcouar, of St.
Maloes, is jug arrived from the 'Mauritius, com-
manding the Bourdeaux privateer, the Confiance,
of 16 guns and. t so men, with which he took the
Kent, from London, by which he war attacked in
ithe Gulph of Bengal."
Letters received from the Channel fleet Rate the
following gallant condo& of the Roau sr, of 74
guns, Captain Noma a t When cruising fingly off
Port Louis, L'Orient, in the dufk of the evening,
Iflte fell in with two large !hips, which Captain
BROWN& millook for a line of battle 'hip, and a
vary huge frigate. He immediately determined to
hear down and attack them. When within pificil
(tot, he difcovered them to be a French (hip, called
PArsonaut, of $4 guns, and tOOO men, and a
Spanith flip of 74 guns, handing towards Port
Louia. The ROBUST had cleared for adion, and
lay to, to engage them, with her three top-fails to
the mail; but the enemy paired her within piffol
(hot, without attempting to fire, and made Ind for
L'Orient, not .thoofing to rifk an aftion eves with
to inferior a Brill& force.