Star.
London, England, 1801-04-13 00:00:00

Ai.‘,1:.(111 2g.

An Engin prize cali-..:d the iiirlinth, of 120
tons burden, from I.nrhitm to I.inr:!.ie, Inar,
rum, ;roll, &c. cuter ...1 the poit ri Corejoux,
the t 7th hitt:mt. This ve!fel was cap:aired by la
Duras.: privateer, of Cherbotir:,..;.

CALAIS,
The lietfey of Li....Tr001, Captain PF.AIFON
COOK, Of 120 t(11S 1,111-L4'll, latkn with too tons of
coals and aco barrels of herrings, has been brought
in here. a priAe to the (Zniprtiquo privateer of this
place, Captain j tat; 5 Coati

SEAFORD, ARIL 9.—An enemy's privateer
off Scafiird, with a large two mail brig, a prize.
Thc fignal has been flying for thefe two hours ; and
a cutter from Brighton has put off, and•is now in
purfuit of the enemy, with whom it is not doubted
but the will come up, and recapture the prize.
It was the GENEKLU X, Of 74, and the HAAR.
LF.M, of 68, that joined Sir J. WARREN, at Minor-
ca, and made.;:is fquadron fix fail of the line.
The London, BUTLER, from Lond.al for Dub-
lin, which had been taken off Beachy by the Fly-
ing Fill French privateer, is retaken by the STAG
cutter, and brought into Dover.
The New Recovery, FAIRBAN, coal laden, is
lotron Ha fin o' Sand.

Admiral Dic %tis:. en Thuriday, received or-
ders to fail from Yarmouth fir the Dutch coati; •
and on Friday, his squadron, confining of the
PK INCE!' S OF Ok ANGE, Acorcour,r, TExEL, Ma-
nkns, MONMOU yr, and LEVDEA, with lime finall
veirels, were preparing for lea.—Thc Ilveral 'hips
appointed to reinforce the North Sta fleet have
been hallened to the place of rendezvous with all
`ollibleditpatch. The °Rhos and MAJESTIC from
Plymou h, thc VENCE:INCE fr<m Portfmouth, and
the ZiaLovs from Yarmouth, have been ordered
to follow the POWERFUL and ALKSIAAR to the
Sound; our fleet will then be augmented to twenty-
feven Etil of the line. The Asi A, STANDARD, LION,
and Ryer, each of 64 guns, are in the Medway,
in readinefs to proceed to the Baltic, and the BLEs-
it El M, which is to carry 36 pounders on her lower
dcck,is fitting out with difpatch.—TLe thipwrights
at Chatham are employed three days in one to
equip the IRRESISTIBLE and THESEUS, of 74 guns,
and GELYK E ID, of 64, ordered for the North Sea
fervice.

Russta.—Several St. Petcrfburgli ringlith Mer-
chants paired through \Volmar, (Province of. Li-
vonia) cn the 4th ut March, where they cimverfed
with a number of the Ihipma acts, and their crew',
belonging to the embargoed (hips in Riga, &c.
They declared that they were fatisfied with their
fituation, and the liberty they enjoyed, having
provifions in abundance. After theft Centien:en
had dillributed a conliderable lum of money
among the crews, as :t mark of their good willies
towards them, one of the Captains delivered the
following lilt of Captains who were then alive and
well :
Capt. Joliet t.avrock, of the Trolly, of Dyfart.
Capt. ])avid Dut•can, of the Prompt, of ditto.
Capt. William Wrongham, of the Eliza, of Dundee.
Capt. J. tdmc, of the Speedwell, of ditto.
Capt. William Thornton, of the Nymph, of ditto.
Capt. George Wood, of the Diana, of Peterhead.
Capt. John Moye,, of the Rcfolution, of Kirkcaldy.
Capt. John Hardie, of the Concord, of ditto.
Capt. John Hall, of the Nancy, of Shields.
Capt. Edward Ainfley, of the Henry, of Sunderland.
Capt. John C. FawoU, of the Hope, of Newcallk.
Capt. Fletcher Salton, of the Good Intent, of LiverpooL
Capt. James Martin, of the Ann, of Grangemouth.
Capt. Thomas Tullock, of the Fame, of Leith.
Capt. Henry Read, of the Nymph, of Yarmouth.
Capt. David Fowler, of the Barbary and Mary, of Anitruther.
And Capt. Dalv, o f the Lord Didion, of Yarmouth.

All obilacles to the commercial intercourfe be-
tween the lnd;a Company's ten itories and Pertia,
have at length been completely removed, and t; ado
has revived in manner that promifes the highest
advantages.
The trade from Ceylon to the Eaacrn markets
is in a tloitritWng (late, and in a train of imprc.ve-
ment, from the demand of thole articles of pro-
duce which that itland is capable of supplying.
Accounts Lice been rcceised by lonic native
traders from thole leas that the Japanefe Itland
Mislhon has Ircen materially injured by a tempea,
which prevailed during their barna, when the
cedar tOrells were in many parts torn up, and the
crops of mills', rice, and barlcy, carried away by
the floods ; to Inch extent is this lof:, that the
Dairo has impofed the molt rigid reariaions on
his fubjeels in their Hie and talc of grain, appre-
hending a famine.
The ancient palace of the EMPiROR at Jell°,
has been denroyed by fire, and leveral male and
female flaws periflied in the fl Imes. !F.ulpic;-rt
arifing that this cataarophe was occalloned by in-
cendiaries, a number of perfons, of the tint con.
fequence, had been apprehended and put to tile
torture, to induce confeilion, but without circa.
The CRAND VIZIER, o the istls Februarys had
with him about I 1,5c0 men, but they were much
in want of rrovillorts, particularly of corn.—The
arrival of our expedition in the neighbourhood had
tended to reprefs the defertion of the Turks, and
infpircd them with a degree of confidence, which
they had not previously entertained.—Colonel
MLIRIL•Y, Major FLETCHER, Mars. KEITH, Rs o,
PINK, IrVIGHTINIAIi, WINTER, and the other Gen
tlemen, with or attached to the late General Kuc it •
Lsit's Staff, were all well.
The GRAND Viz lER had fent Colonel MURRAY
and Major Ft.srca rot to arrange with Si: RALPH
ASERCROMBII the plan of operations, profetling
his determination to prefeente with his belt ener-
gies, the fyttern %chic!: the Englith Ger.er thotdd
point out.